The Seljuk Turks

question 21

Multiple Choice

The Seljuk Turks

• A) provoked the Byzantine request for European aid that led to the Crusades.
• B) brought a permanent halt to the conflict between the Sunnites and the Shi'ites.
• C) temporarily abandoned the guidelines of the Koran to reconcile the Byzantines to Turkish rule.
• D) conquered Constantinople in 1453.
• E) were defeated by a revived Persian Empire.

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