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Al-Andalus

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Sheet1 Abbasid Caliphate Descendants of the Prophet Muhammad's uncle, al-Abbas, the Abbasids overthrew the Umayyad Caliphate and ruled an Islamic empire from their capital in Baghdad (founded 762) from 750 to 1258. (p. 234) absolution The theory popular in France and other early modern European monarchies that royal power should be free of constitutional checks. (p. 452) Acheh Sultanate Muslim kingdom in northern Sumatra. Main center of Islamic expansion in Southeast Asia in the early seventeenth century, it declined after the Dutch seized Malacca from Portugal in 1641. (p. 541) acllas Women selected by Inca authorities to serve in religious centers as weavers and ritual participants. (p. 318)

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Sheet1 Abbasid Caliphate Descendants of the Prophet Muhammad's uncle, al-Abbas, the Abbasids overthrew the Umayyad Caliphate and ruled an Islamic empire from their capital in Baghdad (founded 762) from 750 to 1258. (p. 234) absolution The theory popular in France and other early modern European monarchies that royal power should be free of constitutional checks. (p. 452) Acheh Sultanate Muslim kingdom in northern Sumatra. Main center of Islamic expansion in Southeast Asia in the early seventeenth century, it declined after the Dutch seized Malacca from Portugal in 1641. (p. 541) acllas Women selected by Inca authorities to serve in religious centers as weavers and ritual participants. (p. 318)

The Earth and Its Peoples Third Edition Ch-8 Chart Umayyad Abbasid

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The Umayyads

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AP World Outline of the Umayyad Empire Umayyad clan as part of the Quraysh Bedouin tribe They founded Mecca Wealth of the Meccan merchants enhanced Ka?ba in the city Ka?ba attracted people into the city ? this means that the merchant have more suckers to sell to Umayyad Expansion The expansion of the Islamic empire spread because of the weakness of the Arabs Conquered in Mesopotamia, Africa and Persia The land added to the Islamic Empire was controlled by Arab elites They were appointed by the Umayyads Didn?t really care about the people they controlled Ali (the current Caliph) and the Umayyads After Ali?s victory at the battle of the Camel in late 655 most Arab garrisons sided with Ali against the Umayyads. Umayyads center was based out of Mecca and the Provinces of Syria
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