Umayyad Caliphate

The Umayyad Caliphate (Arabic: الخلافة الأموية‎, trans. Al-Khilāfat al-ʾumawiyya) wis the seicont o the fower major Islamic caliphates established efter the faith o Muhammad.

Umayyad Caliphate الخلافة الأموية Al-Khilāfah al-ʾUmawiyyah (in Arabic)
661–750
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The Umayyad Caliphate at its greatest extent.
Caipital	Damascus (661–744) Harran (744–750)
Common leids	Arabic (offeecial) – Coptic, Greek, Persie (offeecial in certain regions till the reign o Abd al-Malik) – Aramaic, Armenian, Berber leid, African Romance, Georgian, Turkic, Kurdish, Prakrit
Releegion	Sunni Islam
Govrenment	Caliphate
Caliph
• 661–680	Muawiya I
• 744–750	Marwan II
History
• Muawiya becomes Caliph	661
• Defeat an daith o Marwan II bi the Abbasids	750
Aurie
750 CE (132 AH)	15,000,000 km2 (5,800,000 sq mi)
Population
• 750 CE (132 AH)	34000000
Currency	Gowd dinar an dirham
Precedit bi Succeedit bi Rashidun Caliphate Byzantine Empire Visigothic Kinrick Abbasid Caliphate Emirate o Córdoba
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