1. Umayyad Dynasty (661-750) – split of Islam Abbasid Dynasty (750-1258)
Empire TimeLine
Umayyad Dynasty ( ) – split of Islam
Abbasid Dynasty ( )

3. Matched the size of the Roman Empire Fastest growing Empire
The Umayyads
Matched the size of the Roman Empire
Fastest growing Empire
Moved capital from Medina to Damascus in Syria.
Built bureaucracy

4. Empire was Arab conquest state
Only Muslim Arabs were first class citizens
Discouraged inter-marriage (tax reasons; didn’t work)
Mawali – Muslim converts in conquered areas (still had to pay taxes)

5. Dhimmis (“people of the book”) – Arabs tolerated other religions
Few people would be converted during the Umayyad Dynasty

6. Who Resented the Umayyads?
Muslim faithfuls who resented Umayyad’s corruptness
Warriors – did not receive share in the booty (it went directly to royal treasury)

7. Abbasid party – led by al-Abbas (descendents of Muhammad’s uncle)
Shi’ites
Mawali

8. The Fall of the Umayyad
Persia and Iraq fell to rebels
Then Syria and Damascus
Rebels eliminated the Umayyad family

9. B/c of Umayyad’s corruption, Abu al-Abbas overthrew them
Abbasid Dynasty – 750 to 1258
B/c of Umayyad’s corruption, Abu al-Abbas overthrew them
Built new capital - Baghdad

11. On a piece of paper, draw a Venn Diagram like the one below:
Shiite
Sunni