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Umayyads

1) the Umayyads built the dome of the rock.

2) They set up an international postal system using riders on horseback.

3) they started the first Arabic coinage of gold dinars and silver Dirhams.

4) the Umayyads were great builders, they built public buildings such as hospitals and mosques.

Abbasids

1) they introduced Persian art, literature, philosophy and medicine into the Islamic world.

2) they developed a large and famous university called Bayt AL-Hikmah which meant house of wisdom. scholars traveled from far areas to study here.

3) they developed a new profession; banking.

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