HISTORY
HISTORY OF THE MIDDLE EAST
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were not challenged by the forces of local autonomy.
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allowed non-Arabs to play a prominent role in society.
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did not identify themselves as Arabs.
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rejected Persian cultural influence.
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Detailed explanation-1: -The non-Arabs were not allowed to work for the government nor could they hold officer positions in the Umayyad military and they still had to pay the jizya tax for non-Muslims. Non-Muslims under Umayyad rule were subject to these same injunctions.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Abbasids distinguished themselves from the Umayyads by attacking their moral character and administration. In particular, they appealed to non-Arab Muslims, known as mawali, who remained outside the kinship-based society of the Arabs and were perceived as a lower class within the Umayyad empire.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Umayyad and Abbasid dynasties expanded Islamic civilization in different ways. The Umayyad dynasty expanded Islamic civilization through military conquest, while the Abbasid dynasty expanded Islamic civilization through missionary work and diplomacy.
Detailed explanation-4: -Islam spread through military conquest, trade, pilgrimage, and missionaries. Arab Muslim forces conquered vast territories and built imperial structures over time.
Detailed explanation-5: -How was the Abbasids’ treatment of non-Muslims similar to that of the Umayyads’? How was it different? Umayyads did not force non-Muslims to convert. Abbasids taxed non-Muslims.