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Abbasid Caliphate

Rise of the Abbasid Empire (C.750 CE)

Rise of the Abbasid

  • The Abbasid ruled the Arab world from about 750 CE to 1258 CE.
  • They took power after conquering the former empire of Umayyads.
  • The ruler of Abbasid were know as caliphs.
  • The caliphs were descendants of Mohammed through his youngest uncle.
  • The government of the caliphate was known as caliphs.

Fall of the Abbasid

Fall of the Abbasid

- In 1200 the Mongol Empire in Eastern Asia, take over china and begin there proceed in Middle East.

In 1258 Mongols arrived to Baghdad. That time Caliphate think that they will lose, but unluckily they gave up and Caliphate got put to death.

Location

-The Abbasid was located in the middle east of Europe and some part of Africa.

-Their empire spread out to Egypt, Syria, Arabia, and Persia.

Geography

Baghdad

-Baghdad also known as Iraq in the modern age.

-after they defeated Umayyad they moved their capital from Damascus to Baghdad, making it their empire's center there. (762 CE)

-soon it open trade centers and traders would usually come there to ya know trade.

-they shows little interests in learning about the west

Baghdad

the mongols

The Mongols

-Over the years the Mongols soon found Baghdad and decided to conquer it or destroy it, the Mongols succeeded and left it with destroyed libraries full of important books, houses, and more. (1258)

-The Abbasid rebuild the place. Soon Baghdad became the largest and the most cultured city in the world

Government

Government

The Abbasid Caliphate first centered its government in Kufa, modern-day Iraq, but in 762 the caliph Al-Mansur founded the city of Baghdad, near the Sasanian capital city of Ctesiphon. The Abbasid period was marked by reliance on Persianbureaucrats for governing the territories conquered by Arab Muslims as well as an increasing inclusion of Mawla in the ummah. Persianate customs were broadly adopted by the ruling elite, and they started supporting artists and scholars. Baghdad became a center of science, culture, philosophy and invention in what became known as the Golden Age of Islam.

Culture

-Abbasids were influenced by Persian culture.

-The stories in Arabian night took place mostly in Persia.

-Persia’s greatest poet, sang epic verse of the early Persian kings.

-Persian miniaturist brought these tales to life with their richly illuminated manuscripts.

-The Persian mystic-science-pet Omar Khayyam (died 1,123) made important contributions to astronomy and mathematics and wrote the Rubaiyat.

Culture

ECONOMY

Economy

  • The caliphs moved the capital to Baghdad.

  • The Abbasid’s capital - Baghdad became a center for arts and sciences.

  • Trade was a very important of the Abbasid economy and the whole caliphate.

  • They created and adjusted trade routes. They also built buildings and other projects (canals, a river port, and major water provision).

Darb Zubayda

  • A newly developed route from Basra to Mecca.
  • They added water for the travelers and made sure that the road was secure.
  • The rulers of Abbasid carried out more construction projects (canals, a river port, and major water provision).

Darb Zubayda

Sources

Sources

  • Salisbury, Joyce E. "Trade in the Medieval World." Daily Life through History. ABC-CLIO, 2014. Web. 28 Apr. 2014.
  • https://www.ducksters.com/history/islam/abbasid_caliphate.php
  • factsanddetails.com/world/ca
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