Rise of Abbasids Chapter 10 Section 2
Objectives Understand differences between Umayyad and Abbasid dynasties Understand the decline of the Abbasid dynasty Identify changes made during the Abbasid dynasty
Beginning of Abbasids Abu al-Abbas Leader Shiite and non-Arab Muslim support Founds Abbasid (uh BAS id) 750-1258 Killed Umayyad family 1 left: flee to Spain
Changes Equality of Muslims Stop military conquests wealth and power No discrimination towards non-Arab Muslims Stop military conquests wealth and power Capital moves: Damascus to Baghdad Adopts Persian culture
Baghdad Poets, scholars, philosophers Exceeded Constantinople Markets, mosques, palace Domes and minarets: slender towers on mosques
Muslim Culture in Spain Surviving Umayyad family Tolerant of other religions Center of learning (No Abbasid rule)
Decline… Shiite rule takes power in faded regions Seljuk Turks take control 1055 Seljuk Sultan: ruler Controls Baghdad but keeps Abbasid caliph Eventually leads to Crusades
Decline… (continued) 1216: Genghis Khan lead Mongols to southwest Asia 1258: Grandson burns Baghdad Kills last Abbasid caliph
Create a Venn Diagram depicting the similarities between Umayyad and Abbasid dynasties Differences Differences
Questions: How did the issue of heredity cause the division of Islam into Sunni and Shiite Muslim? What are three reasons for the success of Muslim conquests? How did the Umayyad treatment of non-Muslims and non-Arabs affect their empire? What caused the Abbasid dynasty to decline?