Umayyad Dynasty
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Updated: 26 Oct 2018
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Mu'awiya moved his capital to DamascusMassacre at KarbalaAbd al-Malik spread his grandfathers administrative reforms across North Africa and Persia, made Arabic the common language, constructed mosques in all new lands, and unified the coinage of the empire.Dome of the Rock was constructed in JerusalemBattle of ToursThe Abbasids took down the UmayyadsPersian-Arab coalition seized power over Muslim landsAbbasids moved their capital to BaghdadBattle of TalasAl-Ma'Mun reignsSeljuq Turkmen took control of Baghdadfirst crusadeCrusades endIbn Sina wrote the Canon of medicineShahnameh was publishedCreativity in Baghdad came to a crashing halt
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