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Muhammad dies and Muslims elect Abu-Bakr to be first caliph.
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A caliph is the title for a muslim leader which means successor or deputy.
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The Umayyads take power. They are wealthy families. They move the muslim capital to Damascus.
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The party of Ali. Believe caliph should be Muhammad's decendant.
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Followers of Muhammad's example. They support the Umayyads.
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The followers persue life of poverty, spirituality. They reject the Umayyads.
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The rebel group, Abbasids, over throw the Umayyads.
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The Abbasids murder the Umayyad family. One of the princes escapes, Abd al-Rahman, and flees to Spain.
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Abd al-Rahman, establishes a new Umayyad caliphate in al-Andalus.
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The Abbasids move the Muslim capital from Damascus to Bagdad.
