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What problems caused the umayyads to lose support of many people in the empire?
a group called Abbasid gained support from other Muslims and when the abbasids invited the umayyads over for dinner and a meeting the abbasids left the room leaving the umayyads to be assassinated
Did the Umayyads rule from the capital city of Baghdad?
no the umayyads ruled damascus as there capital the abbasids took Baghdad as there capital...
What were the two dynasties after the last rightly guided caliphs?
The Umayyads and the Abbasids.
Which group took control of the Muslims empire after the umayyads was the?
The Abbasids took control
Who overthrew the umayyads and why?
the abbasids defeated the umayyads in the battle of the great zab in ad 750.they did this because the umayyads started ruling like kings.they started hunting and dancing and only kept the Arabs in the top position.they also made non-Arab Muslims pay more taxes than them.people became unhappy with the umayyads and that is why the abbasids started the war.
What helped the Umayyads to succeed after losing power to the Abbasids?
They built a strong bureaucracy and huge standing army.
What is the meaning of Abbasid?
The Abbasids were an Arab dynasty descended from Abbas, uncle of Muhammad, who supplanted the Umayyads in ad 750.
What factors led to the decline and collapse of the Abbasid Caliphate?
The Abbasids fell to an ambush of the mongols; while Umayyads fell to economics.
What are two cities that were important for Muslim learning?
Baghdad and Cordoba were the two centres of great learning during the Caliphate of Abbasids and Umayyads.
Did the Abbasids take power from the Umayyads in 749 AD?
Yes because the Rashidun Caliphate started at 632 AD and ended in 661 AD so the Umayyad caliphate started and the Umayyad caliphate ended in 749 AD so the Abbasid Caliphate start....
How was the Ummayad alphate overthrown?
The Ummayad Caliphate was overthrown through proselitism and a series of revolts, together with the spread of Islam. It were the Abbasids who overthrew the Umayyad caliphate. They brutally butchered all the members of the Umayyads they could lay hand on.
While the Abbasids ruled in the east which forces took control of Spain?
The Umayyads were the first (for nearly 300 years), followed by the Taifas, the Almoravids, the Almohads, and the Second Taifas. The Second Taifas survived the Fall of Baghdad and the end of the Abbassids.
