1. THE ABBASID DYNASTY

2. PEOPLE RESENTED THE UMAYYAD CORRUPTION IN 750 ABU AL-ABBAS OVERTHREW THE UMAYYAD DYNASTY & FOUNDED THE ABBASID DYNASTY BEGINNINGS

3. THE ABBASID DYNASTY A NEW CAPITAL IS BUILT AT BAGHDAD ON THE TIGRIS RIVER. THIS GAVE THEM THE ADVANTAGE OF RIVER & CARAVAN ROUTES ALSO EXPOSED THEM TO PERSIA INFLUENCE NEW CAPTIAL

4. THE ABBASID DYNASTY THE ABBASID DYNASTY IS CONSIDERED THE GOLDEN AGE OF THE ISLAMIC EMPIRE Golden Age

5. THE ABBASID DYNASTY CONVERTS EXPERIENCED OPPORTUNITIES FOR ADVANCEMENT New Coverts

6. THE ABBASID DYNASTY TRADE EXPANDED WESTERN MEDITERRANEAN TO CHINA PRESERVED WORKS OF GREEKS, ROMANS & PERSIANS (ARISTOTLE) CARRIED INDIAN SYSTEM OF NUMBERS INCLUDING ZERO AS PLACE HOLDER TO WESTERN EUROPE Achievements

7. THE ABBASID DYNASTY REFINED ALGEBRA, GEOMETRY & TRIGONOMETRY IMPROVED ASTROLABE (MEASURE POSITION OF STARS) STUDIED HUMAN ANATOMY/DEVELOPED OPTIC SURGERY Achievements

8. THE ABBASID DYNASTY PRODUCED SOME OF THE MOST DETAILED MAPS CREATE A NUMBER OF URBAN CENTERS: CAIRO, BAGHDAD & CORDOBA ARTS, CALLIGRAPHY & DESIGNS CALLED ARABESQUES ADORNED WRITING & POTTERY Achievements

9. THE ABBASID DYNASTY NEW ARCHITECTURAL STYLES AROSE: MINARETS & MOSQUES GREAT LITERATURE: THE ARABIAN NIGHTS MYSTICS CALLED SUFIS, FOCUSED ON EMOTIONAL UNION WITH ALLAH STARTED MISSIONARY WORK TO SPREAD RELIGION Achievements

10. THE ABBASID DYNASTY VAST EMPIRE BECOMES DIFFICULT TO GOVERN HIGH TAXES MAKE LEADERS INCREASINGLY UNPOPULAR Decline of Abbasids

11. THE ABBASID DYNASTY INDEPENDENT KINGDOMS ARISE WITHIN THE EMPIRE: PERSIA (THE LEADER THERE WAS CALLED A SULTAN), THE SELJUK TURKS IN CENTRAL ASIA WERE CONVERTED TO ISLAM AND CONTROLLED BAGHDAD BY 10TH CENTURY Decline of Abbasids

12. THE ABBASID DYNASTY INDEPENDENT KINGDOMS ARISE WITHIN THE EMPIRE: PERSIA (THE LEADER THERE WAS CALLED A SULTAN) THE SELJUK TURKS IN CENTRAL ASIA WERE CONVERTED TO ISLAM AND CONTROLLED BAGHDAD BY 10TH CENTURY Decline of Abbasids

13. THE ABBASID DYNASTY BY THE 13 TH THE ABBASID DYNASTY ENDED WHEN MONGOL INVADERS EXECUTED THE ABBASID CALIPH Decline of Abbasids