28 - A New Order
The Golden Age of Islam - Podcast készítő David DiMeo
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The mighty Abbasid Caliphate had disintegrated into a collection of warring city states, while Shi'ite authorities had come to dominate the Muslim world. A new power was rising in the East, however, which would bring about a Sunni revival and stretch to the gates of the Byzantine Empire. The rising Seljuk Turkish state would come to dominate the Caliphate, institute a new era of Sunni conservatism and frighten Europe enough to spark the Crusades.