HIST-308 Lecture Notes - Lecture 60: Muawiyah I, Temple Mount, Iberian Peninsula
7 Oct 2020
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With ali gone, muawiyah drew on his influence in syria and egypt to defeat the khawarij and seize the title of caliph. His reign would inaugurate the umayyad caliphate, a dynasty ruling from 661-750 ce: the umayyad capital. Given that the core of his power lay in syria, he made damascus his capital. He built the city up into one of the architectural wonders of the early medieval world, starting with the great mosque: expansion. Under the umayyad caliphs, the islamic world began to expand to what is now northern india, In the west, it consolidated power in north africa up to the atlantic coast, branching into spain: al-andalus. In 711 ce, much of the iberian peninsula was brought under the control of muslim rulers. For the next 700 years or so, islam would remain a prominent presence there: power. At the height of its power, the caliphate rivalled any one of the great empires.
