Umayyad Caliphate

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The Umayyad Caliphate was an early Islamic empire (661–750 CE) that rapidly expanded from the Iberian Peninsula to Central Asia, establishing Arabic as an administrative language and shaping the political and cultural foundations of the Arab-Islamic world.

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Generate an image of the Umayyad Caliphate (The Umayyad Caliphate was an early Islamic empire (661–750 CE) that rapidly expanded from the Iberian Peninsula to Central Asia, establishing Arabic as an administrative language and shaping the political and cultural foundations of the Arab-Islamic world.)

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Caliphate ⓘ
Historical state ⓘ
Islamic empire ⓘ
administrativeLanguage Arabic ⓘ
capital Damascus ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
Asia ⓘ
Europe ⓘ
coreTerritory Hijaz ⓘ
linked to: Hejaz

Iraq ⓘ
Syria ⓘ
currency Dinar ⓘ
Dirham ⓘ
dynasty Umayyad dynasty ⓘ
linked to: Umayyad Caliphate
endTime 750 ⓘ
establishedAsCaliphate after First Fitna ⓘ
expandedTo Caucasus ⓘ
Central Asia ⓘ
Egypt ⓘ
Iberian Peninsula ⓘ
Iran ⓘ
Iraq ⓘ
Maghreb ⓘ
linked to: North Africa

North Africa ⓘ
Sindh ⓘ
Syria ⓘ
Transoxiana ⓘ
linked to: Central Asia
firstRuler Muawiya I ⓘ
followedBy Abbasid Caliphate ⓘ
governmentType Caliphal monarchy ⓘ
Hereditary monarchy ⓘ
introducedReform Arabization of administration ⓘ
Islamic coinage with Arabic inscriptions ⓘ
lastRuler Marwan II ⓘ
legacyState Umayyad Emirate of Córdoba ⓘ
legalSystem Islamic law ⓘ
linked to: Sharia
majorPortCity Alexandria ⓘ
Basra ⓘ
Kufa ⓘ
majorReligion Sunni Islam ⓘ
namedAfter Umayyad dynasty ⓘ
linked to: Umayyad Caliphate
notableBattle Battle of Karbala ⓘ
Battle of Poitiers ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Tours

Battle of Talas ⓘ
Battle of Tours ⓘ
notableEvent Second Fitna ⓘ
Third Fitna ⓘ
officialLanguage Arabic ⓘ
overthrownBy Abbasid Revolution ⓘ
linked to: Abbasid Caliphate
precededBy Rashidun Caliphate ⓘ
primaryEthnicElite Arabs ⓘ
religion Islam ⓘ
rulingFamily Banu Umayya ⓘ
linked to: Quraysh
significantCulturalSite Dome of the Rock ⓘ
Great Mosque of Damascus ⓘ
startTime 661 ⓘ
usedScript Arabic script ⓘ

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Arab world → hasHistoricalEmpire → Umayyad Caliphate ⓘ
Sind → conqueredBy → Umayyad Caliphate ⓘ
Sind → partOf → Umayyad Caliphate ⓘ
Arabs → historicalEmpire → Umayyad Caliphate ⓘ
Al-Masjid an-Nabawi → expandedBy → Umayyad caliphs ⓘ
linked to: Umayyad Caliphate
Iberian Peninsula → wasRuledBy → Umayyad Caliphate ⓘ
Umayyad Caliphate → namedAfter → Umayyad dynasty ⓘ
linked to: Umayyad Caliphate
Umayyad Caliphate → dynasty → Umayyad dynasty ⓘ
linked to: Umayyad Caliphate
Abbasid Caliphate → followed → Umayyad Caliphate ⓘ
Abbasid Caliphate → precededBy → Umayyad Caliphate ⓘ
Islamic Spain → majorDynasty → Umayyad dynasty ⓘ
linked to: Umayyad Caliphate
Damascus → servedAsCapitalOf → Umayyad Caliphate ⓘ
Islamic world → hasHistoricEmpire → Umayyad Caliphate ⓘ
Al-Aqsa Mosque → builtBy → Umayyad Caliphate ⓘ
Islamic Caliphates → hasComponent → Umayyad Caliphate ⓘ
Late Antiquity → hasMajorEvent → rise of the Umayyad Caliphate ⓘ
linked to: Umayyad Caliphate
Lydda → underRuleOf → Umayyad Caliphate ⓘ
subject linked to: Lydda (modern Lod, Israel)
Dar al-Islam → appliesTo → Umayyad Caliphate ⓘ
Holy Land → historicalControlBy → Umayyad Caliphate ⓘ
Tyre → ruledBy → Umayyad Caliphate ⓘ
Sidon → ruledBy → Umayyad Caliphate ⓘ
Debal → conqueredBy → Umayyad Caliphate ⓘ
Muhammad bin Qasim → allegiance → Umayyad Caliphate ⓘ
Muhammad bin Qasim → killedBy → Umayyad authorities ⓘ
linked to: Umayyad Caliphate
Muhammad bin Qasim → employer → Umayyad Caliphate ⓘ
Muhammad bin Qasim → civilization → Umayyad ⓘ
linked to: Umayyad Caliphate
Quraysh → providedCaliphsTo → Umayyad Caliphate ⓘ
Rashidun Caliphate → followedBy → Umayyad Caliphate ⓘ
Palestinian Jews → underOccupation → Umayyad Caliphate ⓘ
Córdoba (historical) → previousPolity → Caliphate of Damascus (as provincial center) ⓘ
subject linked to: Cordoba (historical)
linked to: Umayyad Caliphate
Caliphate of Córdoba → rulingDynasty → Umayyad dynasty ⓘ
linked to: Umayyad Caliphate
Muawiya I → dynasty → Umayyad dynasty ⓘ
linked to: Umayyad Caliphate
Muawiya I → founded → Umayyad Caliphate ⓘ
Battle of Karbala → locatedIn → Umayyad Caliphate ⓘ
Battle of Karbala → belligerent → Umayyad Caliphate ⓘ
Second Fitna → country → Umayyad Caliphate ⓘ
Second Fitna → conflictBetween → Umayyad Caliphate ⓘ
Marwan II → dynasty → Umayyad dynasty ⓘ
linked to: Umayyad Caliphate
Marwan II → territoryRuled → Umayyad Caliphate ⓘ
Marwan II → era → Late Umayyad period ⓘ
linked to: Umayyad Caliphate
Dinar → usedIn → Umayyad Caliphate ⓘ
Third Fitna → hasMainParticipants → Umayyad Caliphate ⓘ
Third Fitna → location → Umayyad Caliphate ⓘ
Dirham → usedDuring → Umayyad Caliphate ⓘ
Visigothic Kingdom → successor → Umayyad Caliphate ⓘ
Visigothic Kingdom → conqueredBy → Umayyad Caliphate ⓘ
Kufa → historicalPeriod → Umayyad Caliphate ⓘ
Dome of the Rock → builtBy → Umayyad Caliphate ⓘ
As-Saffah → countryOfBirth → Umayyad Caliphate ⓘ
subject linked to: as-Saffah
As-Saffah → overthrew → Umayyad Caliphate ⓘ
subject linked to: as-Saffah