they got killed in a meeting about peace. well that's what it says in my social study's book
Umayyad conquest of North Africa happened in 647.
The Umayyad Caliphate came after the four Rightly-Guided Caliphs.
The Umayyads, specifically the first Umayyad ruler, Mu'awiya I.
Expansion of the territories which could not be governed properly, cruelty of some of the Rulers, mutual killing for occupation of the rule, rising of the Abbasids against them are the factors which contributed to the fall of Umayyad dynasty.
Rulers of Nations happened in 2010.
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There are many stories as to how Yazid of the Umayyad Dynasty, who killed Hussein (RA) died, but nobody is sure of how it happened, or who did it.
The umayyad were overthrown by the Abbasid
Damascus was the capital of the Umayyad Dynasty.
Most citizens of the Arab World did not believe that the Umayyad should rule on account of their holiness or conduct. They became rulers because of political finagling during the Fitna Al-Kubra (The Great Islamic Civil War). The Umayyad were capable governors and powerful conquerors, organizing the Empire and expanding it both East and West. People tolerated them, but they were not respected the way that the four Rightly-Guided Caliphs were respected.
You need to answer this question. We don’t do homework. Your teacher is looking for your critical thinking skills and how well you understood the lesson and asks for YOUR opinion.
Non-Revolters, I guess. There is no particular term for those who accepted the imperial right of the Umayyads. The overwhelming majority of Sunni Muslims did, however, while the overwhelming majority of Shiite Muslims did not. The Sunnis who did not necessarily concede the Umayyads the right to rule were the Mawali or non-Arab Muslims who suffered under Umayyad pro-Arab discrimination.