1	Turks in the Near East until the Mongol invasion.
2	The situation that took shape in the Near East after the Mongol invasion, the establishment of the Mamluk State and the origin of the Mamluks.
3	Memluks and their relations with the Turkish principalities and their empires.
4	Ottoman-Mamluk relations and the elimination of the Mamluks.
5	The emergence of Karakoyunlu State and the Turkish tribes forming the Karakoyunlu State.
6	Karakoyunlu Empire and the relationship between the Turkish principalities and Empires.
7	The emergence of the Akkoyunlu State and the Turkish tribes forming the Akkoyunlu State.
8	Relations of the Akkoyunlu State with the Ottomans.
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10	The relations between Akkoyunlu State and Empires.
11	The emergence of the Safavid State and the origin of the Safavid dynasty.
12	Safavid-Ottoman relations and wars.
13	Relations of Safavids with other states around them.
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