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"Abbasid, the empire of the caliphs reashed its greatest wealth and power, and muslmim civilization flourished."
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"The hijra was a turning point for islam. In Medina, Muslim converts welcomed Muhammah and agreed to follow his teachings. They became a communtiy of Muslims."
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"On one of these occasions, Muhammad would later explain, the Archangel Gabriel apperard to him and instruceted Muhammad to recite "in the name of {your} lord." "What Gabirel said to Muhammad on the frist night was the first of many revelations that because the basis of the Qur'an, they holy book or Islam."
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"Muslims faced a problem when Muhammad died because he had not named a successor to led the community. Eventually, they agreed that Abu Bakr, Muhammad's father-in-law an early convery to islam, should be the first caliph, or successor to Muhammad."
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"Abu Bakr faced an immediate crisis. They refused so follow Abu Bakr and withdrew their loyalty to Islam. Abu Bakr succeeded in reunitying the Muslims, based on their allegiance to Islam."
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"One group of Muslim felt that muhammad has designated his son-in-law, Ali to be his successor." He died in January 27, 661."
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"After the death of Ali, a powerful Meccan clan set up the Umayyad caliphate, a dynsay of Sunni caliphs that ruled the Muslim empire untill 750." "The Ummayad dynasty was followed by the Abbasid dynasty (c. 758-1258 CE)."
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Because the Abbasid Dynasty took over.
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"Muslims found a leader in Abu al-Abbas, descended from Muhammas's uncle." "Only one survived, escaping to Spain, Abu al-Abbas then founded the Abbasid dynasty, which lasted until 1258."
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"They Byzantine emperor Alexius I urgently asked Pope Urban II for Vhrostain knights to help him fight the Muslim Turks." "Roman popes and Byzantine emperors were longtime rivals."
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"The emipre was declined." "Western Europe, powerful local lords gained control."
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Scholars from all over where going to the libraries and they called them the house of wisdom
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"Sunni Islam continued through the Umayyad and Abbasid dynasy to the powerful Mughal and Ottoman empire of the 15th centuries. They deferred to religious scholars (or uleama) for religious issues."
