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Mu'awiyah was proclaimed Caliph in 660; the Caliphate passed down his descendants until they were replaced by the Abbasids in 750. Their capital was Damascus, in Syria. One alone of the Ummayads escaped Abbasid extermination, and continued the line of the caliphate in Spain.

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• Battle of Karbala
• Imam Abu Hanifah
• Ummayad - Cordoba

Resources in This Category

• Ceremonial and Art at the Umayyad Court

  http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/med/grabar1.html
  An extract from Oleg Grabar's PhD dissertation; the development of royal ceremonial under the Umayyads went hand in hand with the formation of the theory of the caliphate, as a partiarchal rulership transformed into a royal one

• The Art of the Umayyad Period (661-750 A.D.)

  http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/umay/hd_umay.htm
  An online exhibition by the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, explores the formative contribution of the period to the development of Islamic art.

• The Umayyad Great Mosque, Damascus

  http://www.islamicity.com/Culture/Mosques/Asia/damascus.htm
  A photograph of the exterior of the mosque.

• Umayyad Caliphate

  http://countrystudies.us/syria/5.htm
  This outline focuses on its impact in Syria, and relations with the Christian community.

• Umayyad Dirhams and their Mints

  http://www.angelfire.com/ny3/vaguebrit/
  Explores the production of coinage in the Umayyad Caliphate; includes a list of mints, photos of coins, and a bibliography.

• Ummawiyys

  http://lexicorient.com/e.o/umayyad.htm
  Article summarizing the dynasty, with a listing of rulers and dates. From Encyclopaedia of the Orient.

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