Golden Age Of Islam
Published on Nov 18, 2015
The Abbasid Empire Meryl, Bharathi, Ross
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PRESENTATION OUTLINE
THE ABBASID DYNASTY
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REBELLION AND RISE
- Abu al-Abbas
- Allied with Shia and others
- Annihilation of Umayyad
Descendant of Muhammad, Sunni
Others-people of other religions
Others-people of other religions
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BUREAUCRACY
- Theocracy
- Baghdad
- Bureaucratic ministries
Tax, finance, coinage, postal services, roads from Sasanid empire
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HARUN AL-RASHID
- Caliph
- High point
- Baghdad economic center
- Artists and writers
- Good to allies
Center of banking, commerce, crafts, and industrial production
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DECLINE
- Civil war
- Decentralization
- Persian nobles
- Saljuq Turks
- Mongols
Civil war between Harun's sons
Governors acted independently, peasant uprisings
Persian nobles clan seized Baghdad
Defeated bye Saljuq Turks, nomadic, Byzantine invasion, converted to Islam
Governors acted independently, peasant uprisings
Persian nobles clan seized Baghdad
Defeated bye Saljuq Turks, nomadic, Byzantine invasion, converted to Islam
Photo by Steve Sawyer
