Hello in this video we will be talking about the Umayyad caliphate. If you don't know, a caliphate is a form of Islam government Led by a caliph a person considered a political a religious successor to the prophet Mohammed and a leader of the entire Muslim community. The Umayyad caliphate started in 661 BC and ended in 750 BC. It was the largest empire at the time and fifth largest empire in history. The capital was Damascus the first caliph of the Umayyad caliphate was Uthman Ibn Affan, but Muawiya Ibn Abi Sufyan found the Umayyad regime. The regime was a theocracy or religious and political law is the same but some people didn't like the Umayyad caliphs, because they thought they were illegitimate usupers and their luxurious living and impiety which led to the Umayyad caliphate to be overthrown in 750 B.C. Also non-Arab Muslims dislike their second class citizen ship which led to Abbasid revolt in the 740s. The society was exhibited and four main social classes Muslim Arabs Muslim non-Arabs non-Muslim free persons then slaves. Muslim Arabs considered themselves higher than the non-Arab Muslims, Women were considered inferior and subordinate in society. Non-Muslims were given freedom of religion as long as they accepted and acknowledged The political supremacy of the ruling Muslims. The main religion of the caliphate was Sunni Muslim. Major Umayyad architecture was undertaken under the patronage of Caliph Abd al-Malik. The currency was gold dinar and dirham. Muslim gold symbolize the new order of them adapting the administrative practices of the Sassanid and byzantine predecessors. Very big became the language of government for the conquered lands. They had some of the first banks, they also had new message of irrigation, fertilize Asian, and crop rotation (Umayyads often constructed there monuments on sites of historical or symbolic significance). They made still yarn and parchment leaf from the church. They also had Santan was in textiles. They didn't have any general taxation but Muslims had to pay a small text to support the poor free Muslim non-Muslims required to pay for protection according to wealth exposition. There was a lot of trade because they were linked to all the trading networks and Muslims dominated trade. Set up as a theocracy were religious and political law is the same. These laws will be known as sharia law. That's offer this video. Goodbye. http://epicworldhistory.blogspot.com/2012/08/umayyad-dynasty.html?m=1 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Umayyad_Caliphate http://www.britannica.com/topic/Umayyad-dynasty-Islamic-historic

• published: 24 Oct 2015
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