HISTORY
THE MUSLIM WORLD AND AFRICA
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Mali Empire
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Abbasid Empire
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Byzantine Empire
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Roman Empire
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Detailed explanation-1: -Taking advantage of this weakness, Sunni Arab Abu al-Abbas mounted a revolution in 750 CE. With support from his followers, he destroyed the Umayyad troops in a massive battle and formed the Abbasid Dynasty in its place.
Detailed explanation-2: -656–61)-in 661, Mu’awiya, the governor of Syria under the Rightly Guided Caliphs, seized power and established the Umayyad caliphate, the first Islamic dynasty (661–750).
Detailed explanation-3: -The Umayyad dynasty lasted less than a century in Damascus before it was driven out in 750 by the ʿAbbāsid dynasty. A remnant of the Umayyad dynasty was resurrected in 756 in Córdoba, Spain, and continued to rule there into the 11th century.
Detailed explanation-4: -During the Abbasid Caliphate, the Islamic Empire greatly contributed to advancements in many fields, including literature, philosophy, science, medicine, mathematics, and art. This period is known as the Islamic Golden Age and lasted from 790-1258.