[MMW 12] - Final Exam Guide - Everything you need to know! (41 pages long)

• School: UCSD
• Department: Making of the Modern World
• Course: MMW 12
• Professor: Edmond Chang

Document Summary

In 747 abu al-abbas led a rebellion against the umayyads, and in 750 he won recognition as caliph. Damascus had served as the headquarters of umayyad rule. Al-mansur founded the city of baghdad in 762 and made it into his capital. The geographical center of the caliphate shifted eastward to former. Created new ruling elite drawn from newly converted persian families that had traditionally served the ruler. Abbasid revolution established a basis for rule and citizenship more cosmopolitan and islamic than the narrow, elitist, and arab basis that had characterized umayyad government. Abbasids worked to identify their rule with islam. Patronized the ulama, built mosques, and supported the development of. Provided the religious-political milieu in which islam gained the allegiance of the vast majority of the populations from spain to. Claimed to rule by divine right like persian tradition. Created a majestic palace with hundred of attendants and elaborate court ceremonies deliberately isolated the caliph from the people he ruled.