Islam as a religion began to expand to places not yet conquered by the Umayyad Caliphs and their armies, resulting in an expansion of the Islamic World that was greater than the size of the actual Empire. The Empire, though, remained the primary method of Islamic Expansion in this period and this was facilitated by armies and conquest.
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Umayyads
The Umayyads, specifically the first Umayyad ruler, Mu'awiya I.
I think they let the non-muslims in their empire and they continued worshipping what they worship but they had to pay a special tax.
The Muslim empire spread under the leadership of the Umayyad dynasty through the power of the Syrian army, which was the dynasty's foundation; this allowed the Umayyads to assume greater control of conquered provinces and and of Arab tribal rivalries.
The Byzantine and Persian empires were weak.
Islam as a religion began to expand to places not yet conquered by the Umayyad Caliphs and their armies, resulting in an expansion of the Islamic World that was greater than the size of the actual Empire. The Empire, though, remained the primary method of Islamic Expansion in this period and this was facilitated by armies and conquest.
They united various Muslim factions, and encouraged Umayyad loyalists to come to Spain. ... They created a strong, unified Muslim kingdom with Cordoba as its capital.What was the basis for Cordoba's greatness under the Umayyads?
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The Caliphs including the Rashidun, the Umayyads, and the Abbassids.
Umayyads
The Umayyads, specifically the first Umayyad ruler, Mu'awiya I.
Yes. The Umayyads were Sunni Moslems and brought that faith with them wherever they went.
Islam as a religion began to expand to places not yet conquered by the Umayyad Caliphs and their armies, resulting in an expansion of the Islamic World that was greater than the size of the actual Empire. The Empire, though, remained the primary method of Islamic Expansion in this period and this was facilitated by armies and conquest.
Baghdad and Cordoba were the two centres of great learning during the Caliphate of Abbasids and Umayyads.
The Arab Empire spread to all of Southwest Asia, Damascus, North Africa, Spain, and then eastward into the lands beyond Persia.
I think they let the non-muslims in their empire and they continued worshipping what they worship but they had to pay a special tax.