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    in status. However‚ the Qin had legalism bureaucracy whereas the Song had Confucian bureaucracy. 2. Compare the Umayyad and Abbasid politically and socially. The Umayyad and Abbasid were similar and different politically and socially. Both valued merchants highly‚ and were both bureaucratic. However‚ the Abbasids believed the the Caliph should be a blood line‚ while the Umayyads believed it should be by the best ruler. 3. What are changes and continuities in Indian ocean trade between 600-1750

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    The Abbasids Era: Rise And Fall By: Sri Atikah Md. Samuji 0736506 Siti Aisyah Mohd. Kamal 0739532 Mastura Hashim 0735072 To: Dr. Aliza Elias Table of Contents |No. |Contents |Page | |1. |Introduction |2 | |2. |The Eve of the Abbasids

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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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    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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    Umayyad interest in Sindh Caliphate under Banu Umayyad rule According to Berzin‚ Umayyad interest in the region occurred because of attacks from Sindh Raja Dahir on ships of Muslims and their imprisonment of Muslim men and women.[1] They had earlier unsuccessfully sought to gain control of the route‚ via the Khyber Pass‚ from the Turki-Shahis of Gandhara.[1] But by taking Sindh‚ Gandhara’s southern neighbor‚ they were able to open a second front against Gandhara; a feat they had‚ on occasion

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    The Abbasid Caliphate’s success as an empire led it to rule over the Middle East from the year 750 to 1254 C.E. Abbas‚ the first caliph‚ overthrew the Umayyad’s to create a more righteous caliphate that wanted to follow the Prophet and the Islamic teaching. Little did he know that he was going to create a prosperous empire that would benefit the entire world. Abbas and his successors lead Islam to its golden age. Many people desired the Abbasid Caliphate and chose to move to its province because

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    • What were the reasons behinds the decline of Abbasid caliphate? Harun al-Rashid was the last ’Abbasid caliph to rule a clean-cut empire and after his death‚ the empire was divided in two. One son‚ Amin‚ got the western area and the caliphate‚ and his other son‚ Al-Mamun got the eastern area‚ the army‚ and the right to succession. Moreover‚ the 4th Fitna (811-813) was not about religious principles‚ but it was a civil war between Amin and Al-Mamun; Amin wanted his son to be the next caliph‚ but

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    Although the fall of the 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

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    similarity between the Han Dynasty and the Gupta/Mauryan Dynasty in terms of political control of the population was they both supported patriarchal families where women were subordinate to men. However‚ an important difference is that in India they had a caste system including jatis‚ which did not exist in Han China. Several similarities of both Gupta/Mauryan dynasty and Han dynasty are they had development of iron and textile expansion. Male dominance was part of both the Han dynasty and the Gupta/Mauryan

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    The Abbasid Dynasty had taken over the Umayyad Dynasty the effect of this influence the fundamental revolution in Muslim history. The Abbasid’s did change the way that the Umayyad was run and it had taken it over with the help of the people who were fed up with the way that the caliphate was of hereditary and not chosen or a member of Muhammad. “The way that the Umayyad had favored the Syrian Arabs so the Malawi they joined the Abbasids in bringing them down” (Saylor). The Abbasid were heavily influenced

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