The Islamic Empires like many other empires rose to become and influence on future societies. The Islamic Empire expanded far beyond its Arabian homeland‚ bringing Sasanid Persia and parts of the Byzantine Empire into its society. Muslim conquerors adapted Persian methods of government and ways to control their land. In the later centuries Muslims drew methods from Greek and Indian traditions as well. They transformed the cultural traditions that they took in into their own. While being influenced
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The Achievements of Early Muslim Empires The Islamic Golden Age brought to Islam many new ideas. The Abbasid Empire flourished with achievements like new economic practices‚ literature‚ and mathematics. The Abbasid Empire was a time of finding ways to make the Islam society better. The Islamic mathematical principles are derived from pieces of other culture mathematics like Greek and Hindu math. Geometry wasn’t as well-developed during that time but it was steadily developing. Since both crafts
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The Fall of the Abbasid Empire While the start of the Abbasid Empire‚ around 750 CE was explosive and revitalizing in nature‚ it couldn’t mask the unfortunate truth that a series of wealth-bloated and soft-handed caliphs were to rule the new empire. By the third caliph‚ al-Mahdi‚ the empire was already in decline; the royal harem was outrageously large‚ mosques were built bigger and bigger‚ crushing the peasant class under the weight of extreme taxation. All the while‚ the caliphs in their garnished
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Roman Empire and the Abbasids differed greatly they both still declined due to internal and external factors‚ such as the government and economy failing‚ foreign invaders‚ and reasons caused by the people. Even though both empires suffered to causes that were similar‚ the two inevitably ended differently. The Roman Empires government suffered from political uncertainty and the moving of the capital. The Roman army steadily began to grow weak‚ while the population declined and the Roman Empire could
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The Roman and Abbasid Empires were similar yet different in many aspects. Religion helped achieve loyal subjects within the empires and provided citizens with a background of beliefs and goals to follow throughout their lives. With a strong foundation of beliefs‚ a great empire is formed and sustained. The Roman Empire practiced Christianity. Christianity was based on the teachings of Jesus who was born in Judea‚ a Roman province. He taught that there was only one God and that people should
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began to feel alienated from the Abbasids. Future generations of the Abbasids were unable to sustain the magnitude of their empire and were forced to accelerate the breakup of their empire by conceding territories to better placed royal families like the Fatmadids of Egypt8. In the south‚ Abbasid rulers began to be replaced by the Iranian Shiite and Turkish dynasties including the Shia Builds‚ the Seljuk Turks and the Empire of Khwarazm. The breakup of the Abbasid empire thus led to the formation of
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The Abbasid Revolution The Abbasid Dynasty‚ known to its supporters as the ‘blessed dynasty’‚ which imposed its authority on the Islamic empire in 132/750‚ claimed to inaugurate a new era of justice‚ piety and happiness. The dynasty ruled the Islamic Caliphate from 750 to 1258 AD‚ making it one of the longest and most influential Islamic dynasties. For most of its early history‚ it was the largest empire in the world‚ and this meant that it had contact with distant neighbors such as the Chinese
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The Abbasids came into rule after the Umayyads. It was said that the Abbasids invited the Umayyads to a meeting and they then killed them. The Abbasids had a strong ruling until their empire fell apart. Non-Muslims were supported by the Abbasids. Going through a golden age and being challenged by different groups had an effect on them. Many advancements were made in their time of rule and they were fortunate enough to have a prosperous capital which helped them quite a bit. The Abbasids came into
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Muslim Empires In 1280‚ the Ottoman Empire rose to gigantic empire‚ controlling parts of Europe‚ Asia‚ and Africa‚ from a small frontier. Later on in 1500 CE Persia and India‚ two other Muslim empires became powerful; the Safavids and Mughals shared common strengths‚ and weaknesses with the Ottoman Empire. The empires controlled many rich lands‚ and fought many victorious wars until their decline beginning in the 1700’s CE. Due to their weaknesses‚ the Ottomans‚ Safavids‚ and Mughals were all
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The name of Abbasid is derived from Abbas‚ who was Mohammad’s uncle. It was one of the greatest of the Muslim empires‚ which was known as the golden age of Islamic culture. They ruled from 750 to 1258 AD. Their capital city was Baghdad. There were many caliphates who ruled Abbasid dynasty. the last caliph was killed by the Mongol when they invaded the city and took over. The Abbasids were known for their achievements such as trading routes with countries‚ education system‚ building new styles that
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