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Period: Jan 1, 632 to Jan 1, 661
Orthodox Caliphate
The capital city was the Mecca.
They controlled Araiban peninsula.
The first caliphs were members of Muhammad's family. -
Jan 1, 636
The Battle of Yarmouk
They defeted the Byzantine Empire. -
Jan 1, 636
The Battle of Kadisiya
They subdued the Neo-Persian Empire. -
Period: Jan 1, 661 to Jan 1, 750
The Umayyad Caliphate
The capital city was Damascus.
The position of caliph passed to the Umayyad dynasty -
Jan 1, 732
The Territorial expansion of Umayyad Caliphate
They conquered the west of India,the north of Samarkand and most of Iberian Peninsula -
Period: Jan 1, 750 to Jan 1, 1258
The Abbasid Caliphate
The capital city moved to Baghdad because the position of the caliph passed to the Abbasid dynasty and also was more centralised goverment.
At the end of the Caliphate they went into decline. -
Jan 1, 1258
The Abbasid Caliphate's conquereds
The 8th and the 10th was the golden age of the caliphate
