Islamic Empires Overview
By: Hunter Walker
The Islamic empires were made up of two different strong empires the Abbasid, and the Umayyad empire. They were both located in the Middle East near Jerusalem.
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The Umayyad empire was the first Muslim empire in History after converting in (627 ce).The Empire was not very advanced in any way compared to other empires the only relatively new technology was bow and arrows.
Even though they weren't very advanced they were very powerful military wise because of their vast numbers and the fact that they're military discovered herbs that would make them feel “enlightened” when consumed. Their warriors were mostly made up of farmers so I guess you could call it a giant militia only about 3% of their military were actual trained men the rest were citizens taking up arms. They had very effective ways of keeping their empire together such as controlling trade routes and what comes in and out of the kingdoms.
The main section of the government was centered in kufa the name Umayyad came from Muhammad the prophet's uncle that raised him from the Hashimite clan they initially resisted islamic beliefs but soon converted to Islam because of Muhammed and his ways. The Abbasid dynasty was a different story, they had many trained men and just slightly smaller than the Umayyad empire but even though they were smaller they were just as powerful maybe even more they conquered many lands in the northern and western middle east the empire was broken between two parts of the royal family the Sufydnids and the marwanids they controlled the north and southern regions of the empire. though this worked very well they had many problems with each other over land, power, and military.
ʿAbbāsid Dynasty." Encyclopedia Britannica Log. The Editors of Encyclopædia Britannica, 24 Oct. 2014. Web. 19 Nov. 2014.
Hooker, Richard. "Islam: The Umayyad Caliphate." The Umayyad Caliphate (661-750 CE). Washington State University, 1 Jan. 2014. Web. 4 Dec. 2014. <http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/History/Umayyad.html>
.Yalman, Suzan. Based on original work by Linda Komaroff. "The Art of the Umayyad Period (661–750)". In Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2000–. http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/umay/hd_umay.htm (October 2001)
By: Hunter Walker
The Islamic empires were made up of two different strong empires the Abbasid, and the Umayyad empire. They were both located in the Middle East near Jerusalem.
teachmiddleeast.lib.uchicago.edu
The Umayyad empire was the first Muslim empire in History after converting in (627 ce).The Empire was not very advanced in any way compared to other empires the only relatively new technology was bow and arrows.
Even though they weren't very advanced they were very powerful military wise because of their vast numbers and the fact that they're military discovered herbs that would make them feel “enlightened” when consumed. Their warriors were mostly made up of farmers so I guess you could call it a giant militia only about 3% of their military were actual trained men the rest were citizens taking up arms. They had very effective ways of keeping their empire together such as controlling trade routes and what comes in and out of the kingdoms.
The main section of the government was centered in kufa the name Umayyad came from Muhammad the prophet's uncle that raised him from the Hashimite clan they initially resisted islamic beliefs but soon converted to Islam because of Muhammed and his ways. The Abbasid dynasty was a different story, they had many trained men and just slightly smaller than the Umayyad empire but even though they were smaller they were just as powerful maybe even more they conquered many lands in the northern and western middle east the empire was broken between two parts of the royal family the Sufydnids and the marwanids they controlled the north and southern regions of the empire. though this worked very well they had many problems with each other over land, power, and military.
ʿAbbāsid Dynasty." Encyclopedia Britannica Log. The Editors of Encyclopædia Britannica, 24 Oct. 2014. Web. 19 Nov. 2014.
Hooker, Richard. "Islam: The Umayyad Caliphate." The Umayyad Caliphate (661-750 CE). Washington State University, 1 Jan. 2014. Web. 4 Dec. 2014. <http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/History/Umayyad.html>
.Yalman, Suzan. Based on original work by Linda Komaroff. "The Art of the Umayyad Period (661–750)". In Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2000–. http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/umay/hd_umay.htm (October 2001)