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The Ostrogod king Theodoric conquered and defeated the last Roman emperor Romulus Augustulus. -
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The Franks expelled the Visigoths from Gaul ... -
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The muslims conquered more than a half of the Byzantine Empire (Syria, Palestine and Egypt) as a result of its instability.
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He claimed Angel Gabriel had appeared with news of a new religion called Islam. -
Mahoma started praying to the new religion, Islam. -
They expelled him and his followers from Mecca and moveed to Medina.
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In Medina Mahoma reorganised his doctrine and followers and formed and army, conquering Mecca. -
When he died, most of the Arab tribes were under his control. -
At first, the CALIPH (political and religious leader) ruled the Muslim Empire from Medina. The first 4 caliph were Muhammad's successors. They defeated the Byzantine and Neo-Persian Empires and spread Islam to Egypt,Palestine, Syria, Mesopotamia and Persia.
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After the fourth caliph died, the Umayyad dynasty ruled. They moved the capital to Damascus (Syria) and divided their lands into Emirates (provinces the caliph gave a governor political authority over). They conquered India, Samarkand and the Iberian Peninsula. Their defeat by the Byzantines in Constantinople (718A.D.) and the Franks in Poitiers (732A.D.) prevented further expansion.
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Some emperors prohibited the worship of religious icons because they believed this qent against the teachings of the Bible. After various conflicts, the emperor reversed our decision.
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After the assasination of the Umayyads, the Abbasid dynasty ruled. They controled all the regions except al-Andalus, which the remaining Umayyad ruler governed. The Abbasid moved the capital to Baghdad (Iraq) and this period was the height of the Muslim Empire. In the 10th century, it began to decline.
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Division of the christian chruch. -
Frequent wars divided the empire intto independent caliphates, such as the caliphate of Córdoba and the Fatimid Caliphate in Egypt. The expansion of the Turks began in the 13th century. They were Asian peoples and became the first non-Arab Muslim rulers.
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