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What economic problems contributed to the collapse of the umayyads?
Jacobi L
The Umayyads had conquered many new lands and peoples for Islam, but in 750 AD, after 90 years of continuous rule, they faced some serious economic and political problems.
If you were a non-Muslim, you had to pay a few more taxes than the Muslims. If you became a Muslim, you wouldn't have to pay those extra fees anymore. The majority of the non-Muslims said, "to hell with it" and became Muslims so they wouldn't have to pay. Consequently, as the number of conversions to the Islamic culture increased, the amount of tax money available for the empire decreased.
By 732, the Muslim armies were making fewer conquests. This stopped the flow of captured wealth that had enriched the empire's economy. The decline in tax revenues and the decrease in captured wealth helped contribute to the money shortage the Umayyads experienced.
Hal Homenick
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∙ 11y agoThe Umayyads had conquered many new lands and peoples for Islam, but in 750 AD, after 90 years of continuous rule, they faced some serious economic and political problems.
If you were a non-Muslim, you had to pay a few more taxes than the Muslims. If you became a Muslim, you wouldn't have to pay those extra fees anymore. The majority of the non-Muslims said, "to hell with it" and became Muslims so they wouldn't have to pay. Consequently, as the number of conversions to the Islamic culture increased, the amount of tax money available for the empire decreased.
By 732, the Muslim armies were making fewer conquests. This stopped the flow of captured wealth that had enriched the empire's economy. The decline in tax revenues and the decrease in captured wealth helped contribute to the money shortage the Umayyads experienced.
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What factors led to the decline and collapse of the Abbasid Caliphate?
The Abbasids fell to an ambush of the mongols; while Umayyads fell to economics.
What problems caused the umayyads to lose support of many people in the empire?
a group called Abbasid gained support from other Muslims and when the abbasids invited the umayyads over for dinner and a meeting the abbasids left the room leaving the umayyads to be assassinated
What did the Shiite Muslims believe about the Umayyads?
Umayyads always controlled shia Muslims and kept Imams of shia in prison or killed them. shia Muslims hated Umayyads and always hided their beliefs to be safe from Umayyads security officers.They don't consider them right.
What factors contributed to the prosperity and the expansion of the Muslim Empire?
The Umayyads moved the capitol from Medina to Damascus. They also embraced open commercial and trade markets, promoted the arts and sciences, and established a strong internal infrastructure.
Who followed the umayyads?
the quaranians
Did the Umayyads rule from the capital city of Baghdad?
no the umayyads ruled damascus as there capital the abbasids took Baghdad as there capital...
Where did the Umayyads come from?
The Umayyads are an Arabian tribe that moved from central Arabia to Damascus during the rule of the Caliph Omar to be the leaders of the Damascus Governate. Their authority expanded under Caliph Othman, who was a cousin of the Umayyads.
What regions did the Umayyads control by the year 750?
The Umayyads controlled Spain, North Africa, the Levant, Mesopotamia, Arabia, and Persia.
Why did the shi'a oppose the rule of the umayyads?
because the Umayyads separated themselves from the general islamic populace and surrounded themselves with foreigners.
How did the Abbasids defeat the Umayyads?
Assasination
What ended the elective system of choosing the caliphs?
Because if the Umayyads
Did the Umayyads rule from Medina?
No. The Umayyads ruled initially from Damascus (660s-750s) until they were overthrown by the Abbassids. Abd er-Rahman re-established the Umayyad Caliphate in Al-Andalus (Islamic Spain) in the city of Córdoba. The Umayyads ruled from this city until the dynasty ended (750s-1030s). However, the Umayyads never ruled from Medina.
