ABBASID DYNASTY

Expansion

• Rebellions in Persia brought the Umayyad Dynatsy to an End
• Rebellions started by Abu Al-Abba's partyseized control of Persia
• The seized control of Persia and Mesopotamia
• Abu Al-Abbas founded Abbasid Dynasty
• Islamic forces conquered regions in the Mediterranean

UMMAYYAD VS. ABBASID

• Abbasids were not a conquering dynasty
• Administered the empire they already had
• Abbasids were far more cosmopolitan
• Abbasid rules did not show favor to Arab military aristocracy

ACHIEVEMENTS

• Created zone of trade connecting India to Iberia
• Introduction of new crops in the western region
• Increased agriculture production with new methods
• Paper manufactoring

ULAMA, QADIS & BAGHDAD

• Body of Muslim scholars with knowledge of law and theology
• Qadis - An Islamic judge
• Baghdad -
• A religious center, greatest political power, capital of Muslim world
• World center of education, protected by three walls

DECLINE

• Too vast to control from any one center
• Disrespect towards leading figures
• Military weakened
• Rebellions