GK
WORLD HISTORY
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Question
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Why did the Abbasid caliphate decline?
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The Turks took over Baghdad; then the Mongols invaded.
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The Seljuk Turks invaded Spain from North Africa.
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Timur the Lame swept into Spain and defeated the Abbasids.
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The Mongols put a figurehead on the throne; then the Turks invaded.
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -The Mongols sacked Baghdad because the Caliph Al-Musta’sim refused to capitulate to Mongke Khan’s terms of submission and use of Al-Musta’sim’s military to support forces fighting in Persia.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Mongols had simply stretched their supply lines to the ultimate and were not able to replenish their troops and supplies. Clausewitz describes well the situation what happens when an army runs out of supply.
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