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jul 2, 661 - Capital Moved to Damascus

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Mecca was still the holy city, but the Umayyads moved the capital to build a bureaucracy to rule the large area they had conquered. They taxed their subjects, and didn't want intermarriage because Muslims didn't have to pay taxes.

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jul 2, 661
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~ 1365 years ago

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