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This time marks the beginning of a period that Christians call the reconquest. Nights and other people from all over Europe journeyed to Spain to fight the Muslims OV
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Muawiya, the Umayyad leader, was one of the soldiers who helped conquer Damascus in 635. He then took control. OV
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Muslims soldiers from Arabia attacked Damascus, Syria.
After conquering Syria, the Muslim armies went on to conquer Mesopotamia. By the middle of the 600’s Persia fell to the Muslims.
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After the fourth caliph was assassinated, Muawiya had enough support to take control in 661. He took power as leader. LM
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· 732- Muslims confronted Charles Martel and his army, they repeatedly attacked the Muslims
Martel’s troops stopped the Muslims at the battle of tours
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Muslims confronted Charles Martel and his army. He and his army repeatedly attacked the Muslims. OV
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Abbasids forcibly took over the territories that had been conquered originally during the time of the Umayyad Empire.
Abbasid lasted from 750 to 1258. PA -
In 751 Abbasids captured Chinese artisans. Those artisians were highly skilled in paper making.
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Abd al Rahman established an independent Muslim kingdom1000- Made the ancient Roman city of Cordoba his new capital
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When Abbasid empire had begun to collapse, the Umayyad empire in Spain began to die. Cordoba fell to the Christian forces in 1236.
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Fatimids- descendants of the prophets daughter- they were unhappy about the costly way of living.
Fatimids broke away in the 900s
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800-1000- period of high achievement in art and literature.
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Modern algebra is based on explorations in mathematics in the early 800s by one of the most famous Abbasid mathematicians, al Khwarizmi.
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Abd al Malik- caliph from 685-705. He influenced the culture in many ways. One way is that he made Arabic the official language.
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The Great Mosque of Cordoba was beginning to be built by Abd al Rahman 1 in 785 A.D. . Became the third largest mosque in world
