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The Umayyad Caliphate
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The Umayyad Caliphate
By: Avery Stark and Ethan Hall
Thesis
The Umayyad caliphate was the most significant Medieval civilization as shown by their extensive territorial control, their fascinating architecture and design and the cultural affects made.
Cultural
- Fought many wars
- The Ummayads were followers of Islam
Background Knowledge
Architecture
TIMELINE
- The Umayyad Caliphate was the second of four major caliphates established after the death of the prophet Muhammad
- The Umayyad rule was divided into two families: The Sufyānids (661-684) and the Marwanids ( 684-750)
- Civil war and the death of Yazid I in 683 and Muawiyah II in 684 brought Sufyanid rule to an end.
- In 756 almost all of the Umayyad princes were massacred by their rivals, the Abbasids
- Muhammed had unified the people before he had died, and after he died, the people did not split, instead the first caliphate was born
Some Umayyad structures are still used today such as the Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem
Civil War and the death of Yazid and his son bring sufyanid rule to an end and Marwan 1 becomes Caliph, beginning Marwanid rule
717
756
684
All but one Umayyad house member is hunted down and killed by the Abassids.
Umayyads Syrian army is defeated by the Byzantine emperor Leo 3
Mu-āwiyah wins the civil war and is the first Umayyad caliph
Under the rule of Abd al Malik the Umayyads expand into India and central Asia
The last Umayyad Caliph Marwan 2 is defeated at the battle of the Great Zab River in Mesopotamia
Most of the buildings are religious sites (Mosques)
750
685-705
661
Even with the growing age of these they are still used often
Territorial Control
-At the peak the Umayyads covered 4,300,000 square miles
-Controlled from the Coast of Spain to the West border of modern day India
-Umayyyad expansion was halted by the presence of other empires such as the Byzantine
Works cited
Encyclopædia Britannica, inc. (n.d.). Hishām ibn ʿAbd al-Malik. Encyclopædia Britannica. https://www.britannica.com/biography/Hisham-ibn-Abd-al-Malik
Khan, S. M. (2023, December 2). Umayyad dynasty. World History Encyclopedia. https://www.worldhistory.org/Umayyad_Dynasty/
Khan Academy. (n.d.). The Umayyads (661–749 C.E.) (article). Khan Academy. https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/art-islam/chronological-periods-islamic/islamic-art-early/a/the-umayyads-661749-ce
https://www.worldhistory.org#organization. (n.d.). Umayyad dynasty timeline. World History Encyclopedia RSS. https://www.worldhistory.org/timeline/Umayyad_Dynasty/