The Umayyad Empire Lesson 3 Social Studies

our today's lesson is major empire lesson 3 page number 12 some learning objectives are we will identify the factors that led to the expansion list facts about empire and we will identify the factors that led to the downfall of the empire beginning after the death of ali bin abi talib he was one of the four successors khalif he transferred his capital from madina to kufa nowadays it is named by iraq the islamic world extended under his rhyme after death new clan name originated in makkah here you can see the timeline of khalifa by 661 to 750 then 680 280 arab armies reached morocco in 711 muslims enter spain 750 to 850 80 the golden age of the muslim civilization 750 to 1258.80 abbasid khalifa rain then 1258 till up to 1480 decline and end of the abbasid empire several factors lead to the extension of the myth empire the extended the civilization and arab rule from spain and morocco in the west to the indus river valley in the east they even reach the land of tools in france the factors weakness of the persian empire the earth's whole and efficient fighting methods the belief in islam and desire to glorify the new religion effects of conquering new lands muslim brought many people under their rule they did not force people to follow the islam but non-followers had to pay taxes for protection muslim leaders prohibited the use of force or destruction in any land conquered this helped bring more wealth and prosperity to the empire now myths chose damascus to be their capital and so it became an important trading center in addition to cordoba of spain facts about myth empire damascus flourished and became main center of trade all conquered areas spoke arabic all legal documents were in arabic same apply to the currency they constructed major buildings that exit up till date dome of the rock in jerusalem amid mosque in damascus decline of the empire the decline of the empire started after leo 3 byzantine imperial defeated the syrian army in the year 717. financial crisis lead to major economic conflicts and ultimately reduce the empire's military power the last umit to rule was marwan ii from 744 till up to 750 and he was defeated at the battle of green zap river the amit empire ended in 750 80. thank you so much