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The Umayyads and Abbassids divided their large empires into smaller governates. Both the national and state governments were autocratic and appointed by the reigning Caliph. As for the laws they imposed, these were usually a cocktail of Islamic religious laws and pre-existing Byzantine laws that served to keep the economy going and provide wealth for the national coffers.
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What span of years saw the greatest expansion of the Muslim empire?
The Umayyad Empire ruled its largest extent for only one year, 750 C.E. It was then deposed by the Abbassids, whose empire immediately shrank (due to the loss of Spain to the Umayyad remnant).
How long did the umayyad dynasty rule?
They ruled from 661-750 C.E.
When the Arab capital was moved to Damascus the dynasty was founded.?
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The umayyad dynasty was replaced by the?
The umayyad were overthrown by the Abbasid
During the 700s Spain was under the rule of who?
The Umayyad Caliphate controled the majority of Spain during the 700s C.E. They are often referred to as "the Muslims" or "the Moors".
Who established the Umayyad dynasty in Cordoba and why?
Abd al-Rahman I founded the Umayyad Dynasty in Cordoba after he fled the coup d'etat by the Abbassids against the Umayyad Caliphate based in Damascus. Abd al-Rahman was the only Umayyad survivor, but was able to flee beyond the control of the Abbassids by taking over the Spanish territories of the Caliphate.
Was Córdova the capital of the Arab Empire?
Yes. During the Caliphate of Umayyad. It was the capital of AN Arab Empire, not THE Arab Empire. By the time that the Umayyads established their rule in Spain, they lost control of the Middle East and North Africa to the Abbassids.
What cause the fall of the Umayyad dynasty?
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.
Did the Abbassids take over the Islamic world?
When the Abbassids came to power, they inherited all of the contemporaneous Islamic territories with the exception of Islamic Spain. They quickly lost many of those territories, but at the time of their successful insurrection they had nearly all Islamic territories.
Did the umayyads the established a caliphate in Spain?
Yes and No. The First Ummayyad Caliphate (661-750 C.E.) had been established in Damascus and expanded all the way from Spain to Northwestern India. However, an uprising by the Abbassids led to the fall of this Caliphate and the rising of the Abbassid Caliphate in its place. The Abbassids had killed the last Damascus Caliph, Marwan II, and slaughtered every member of the Umayyad family they could find. One final Umayyad prince, Abd el-Rahman I, escaped and established an emirate in Spain separate from the Abbassids and made Cordoba his capital-in-exile. He then withstood attempts by the Abbassids for control of Spain. By 929 C.E. the Abbassid Caliphate was weakening substantially, so the current Ummayad Emir declared that the Umayyad Emirate of Andalucia (Southern Spain) would become the Second Umayyad Caliphate. This lasted until 1038 C.E., when the last Umayyad caliph died heirless. During the 300 or so years (750 C.E.-1038 C.E.) of the Umayyad Emirate/Caliphate in Spain, the state was constantly fending off Spanish Reconquista Knights.
What were the strengths and weaknesses of umayyad rule?
ummad rule was civalized
What span of years saw the greatest expansion of the Muslim empire?
The Umayyad Empire ruled its largest extent for only one year, 750 C.E. It was then deposed by the Abbassids, whose empire immediately shrank (due to the loss of Spain to the Umayyad remnant).
Where did the umayyad rule from?
They ruled from Damuscuss, Syria.
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....
Did the next group of caliphs the umayyad rule from madinah?
No because the group of caliphs the Umayyad ruled from Damascus
Where did the Umayyad caliphs rule from?
They ruled from Damuscuss, Syria.
How did the Abbassids change the character of the Islamic empire?
There are three major changes that the Abbassids put into place after they inherited power. 1) Mawali: Mawali (or non-Arab Moslems) were traditionally excluded from political and social affairs. The Umayyad in particular treated them as second-class Moslems. Under the Abbassids, the Mawali were treated on par with other subjects and religion alone was the class marker (Jews and Christians were still second class citizens). 2) Education: The Abbassids were interested in promoting cultural growth and so they invested a lot of wealth in constructing universities and libraries where information could be aggregated, learned, and passed onto others. The University of Baghdad was more worldly then any contemporaneous University elsewhere in Moslem or Christian Worlds. 3) Imperial Structures: The Abbassids incorporated Byzantine and Sassanid Accounting Practices, Messenger Systems, Foreign Armies, and other typical Imperial Structures that were still rather foreign to Arab Governments (although the Umayyad had made small steps in this direction). The Abbassids planned to rule their state effectively and that made the traditional Arab-Tribal Political Structure untenable.
