POLS 3260 Final: REI 3260 EXAM.docx

• School: York University
• Department: Political Science
• Course: POLS 3260
• Professor: Saeed Rahnema

Document Summary

Ap/pols 3260 war and peace in the middle east exam. The abbasid dynasty is the second of the two great sunnite dynasties of the islamic. It formed well after the ummayd dynasty, which became a concern by domestic disagreements. These disagreements or at least part of it, were caused by the policy of arab exclusivism, adopted by the elite. They equated islam with arab decent and favoured them, discriminating against the growing number of non-arab converts to. This disconnect ended in a revolution that conquered the ummayd house in 750 and brought to power a new dynasty that of the abbasids. Caliphate by the mongols in 1258 was said to have ushered in the rapid decline of the. Arabs either as a military or a political force in the islamic world. During wwi, the british government promised ottoman-ruled arab lands to countries such as britain, france and russia.