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from tci West African culture includes many forms of visual art The traditional art of West Africa served a number of functions Some art objects such as fabrics and baskets satisfied everyday needs Others such as masks and sculptures were used in rituals and ceremonies or to honor ancestors spirits or royalty
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knowledge of ironworking spread and eventually reached West Africa
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from TCI West African culture includes many forms of visual art The traditional art of West Africa served a number of functions Some art objects such as fabrics and baskets satisfied everyday needs Others such as masks and sculptures were used in rituals and ceremonies or to honor ancestors spirits or royalty
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1055, his descendants took control of the Abbasid dynasty's capital of Baghdad in what was then Persia, meaning that a Seljuk sultan now ruled the old Abbasid Empire.
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Seljuks took Jerusalem. For several years, emperors sought help from Pope Urban II. the pope called on Christians to go on a religious war to turn back the Seljuks and win control of Jerusalem and the surrounding area. The next year, the first armies set out from Europe.
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cursades were people who wanted to take land for themselves did well at first and then kept failing then finally stopped
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The Crusades began as a response to the threat posed by the Seljuks. Many emperors appealed to Pope Urban II for help. By 1095, the Seljuks had advanced to within 100 miles of the Byzantine capital, Constantinople.
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Muslims united to fight their common foe. The Ayyubid dynasty founded by Salah al-Din ruled Egypt and parts of Syria and Arabia until 1250.
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By the end of the Crusades, the Jews' place in European society had deteriorated. Jews could not hold public office, and Christians took over trading businesses that had been run by Jews. In 1290, England expelled all Jews, and France followed suit in 1394. Many Jews relocated to Eastern Europe.