Exam 1 - Dynasties Flashcards
must have a sense of their chronological order and you must know their capitals and have a general sense of the areas controlled by each
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Umayyads
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- Capital: Damascus
- originally had control of Syria before getting chased out by the Abbasids and then migrated to Spain
- built a mosque in Cordoba (capital in Spain) by Christians
2
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Abbasids
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- Capital: Baghdad
- believed that Baghdad was the best place to understand Abbasid art and architecture
- had overthrown the Umayyad caliphs
3
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Aghlabids
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- Capital: Kairouan
4
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Tulunids
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- Capital: Al-Qaṭāʾi
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Umayyads of Spain
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- Capital: Cordoba
- brought an army of Arabs/Berbers to take over Spain
- Abd al-Rahman I establishes himself; initiating the emirate
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Samanids
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- Capital: Bukhara
- one of the most independent dynasties of governors from Baghdad
- flourishes the “Persian vs Arabic” culture
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Fatimids
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- Capital: Cairo
- ## ruled in Tunisia and Egypt
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Ayyubids
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- Capital: Cairo & Damascus
- ## ended the Shi’ite rule and reestablished the Sunni rule
9
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Seljuqs
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- ## Capital: Isfahan
