JS-1111 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Hasdai Ibn Shaprut, Abd-Ar-Rahman Iii, Abd Al-Rahman I

• School: Vanderbilt University
• Department: Jewish Studies
• Course: JS-1111
• Professor: Ackerman- Lieberman Phillip

Document Summary

The umayyads were the dynasty that followed ali, muhammad"s cousin and the last of the. They led the arabs out of the peninsula and created a center of caliphate in damascus. The umayyads created a rather versatile culture that included most of the cultures that they encountered. They were eradicated by the abbasids, who believe in a hereditary caliphate. The abbasids slaughtered most, if not all, of the umayyad family except for. The importance of the umayyad family comes from the fact that the characteristics of their dynasty in damascus were almost recreated in al-andalus by the new umayyad caliphate in. Examples of this include madinat al-zahra, rusafa, the great mosque of cordoba and the plantation of palm trees. The abbasids claimed that they were descendants from the prophet"s uncle abbas. They believed that the caliphate of the muslim world should be hereditary and that they owned the right to rule over the muslim world.