Does anyone know about the early Islamic Empires achivements?
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I'll post some links in 5 minutes, ok? meanwhile copy this :)\n\nsorry, couldn't make it earlier\n\n\n Timeline of Islamic History:\nhttp://faculty.ucr.edu/~andrew/western/i...\n\n\nRise of the Great Islamic Empires :\nThe Ottoman Empire \nThe Safavid Empire \nThe Mughal Empire\nhttp://www.ucalgary.ca/applied_history/t...\n\nOttoman Empire:\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ottoman_emp...\n\nThe Mughal Empire:\nhttp://www.sscnet.ucla.edu/southasia/his...\n\nSafavid Empire 1502-1736:\nhttp://www.iranchamber.com/history/safav...\n\nhttp://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=At1WvkVm1DYbvDvJdmiBM4rsy6IX?qid=20061119090554AAqIf1v
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I know the right website for you. http://www.islamicity.com\n\nThis site has everything about islam, Including Q & A and other very knowledgable stuff. Hope you find what you are looking for, amen
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Hi captain, I have got some thing for you which goes down to early history.\n\n" Charles only spared the lives of those Saracens[Muslims] who consented to be baptised, the rest he put to the sword."--[History of Charles the Great and Orlando, by Turpin, Vol-I, ch-ii, pg-5]\n\n"....460 years later, when the Holy land reverted to the Christian rule of crusading knight of Europe, the oriental Christians regretted the tolerating Govt. of the Arabian Khalifs."--[Rise and Fall of Roman Empire- GIBBON]\n\n"....A bloody sacrifies was offered by mistaken votaries to the God of the Christian resistance might provoke, but neither sage nor sex could mollify, thier implacable rage, they indulged themselves 3 days in a promisenous massacre. After 70,000 muslims had been put to the sword and the harmless JEWS had been burned in thier Synogogue, they could still reserve a multitude of captives whom interest or lassitude persauded them to spare."--[Rise and Fall of Roman Empire- GIBBON]\n\nThe critical Gibbon coclusively proves that, "...to his Christian subjects, Mohammad readily granted security of thier persons, the freedom of thier trade, the property of thier goods and the toleration of thier worship. This profitable principle of toleration was observed with more or less strictness, not only by all the immediate successors of the Prophet, but over the whole period of Arabic ascendency."--[Rise and Fall of Roman Empire- GIBBON] \n\nOn the other hand..........\n\n"....when Jerusalem capitulated to Khalif Omer, the inhabitants of the vanquished city were left in possesion of thier worldly goods, and allowed the freedom of worship. A special quarter of the city was allotted for the residence of Christian population with thier Patriarch and his clergy."--\n[Rise and Fall of Roman Empire- GIBBON]\n\n"....And Islam was tolerant not simply to the Jews but also to the Christians. The Christian church in muslim Spain was given large lands and considerable revenues, christian envoys were recieved with courtesy and allowed to take away relics of christian saints and martyrs from the muslim territory. GIBBON says in his Decline and Fall [of Roman Empire], that muslim rulers even transcribed an Arabic version of the canons of the councils of Spain for the use of BISHOPS in the Moorish kingdom. Haroon al-Rashid, the hero of the "Arabian Nights", planted in his kingdom a large number of schools, the head of these schools, his Director of Education, was a chritian named John."--[ The Spirit and Struggle of Islam by Prof. T.L.Vaswani, Ganesh & Co., Madras-1921]\n\nYou can judge it yourself as to whether muslims inflicted more violence or the Christians ? \n\nAnd you know about modern history and who is responsible for killing lacs of people in Hiroshoma and Nagasaki, Vietnam, Iraq, Afghanistan..
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whyislam.org can help you out or e-mail me at askmuslims1@yahoo.com
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I have no diea, I'm also looking for that but in the mean time does this link help? \nhttp://www.al-islam.com/key.htm
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There's not a generally acknowledged leadership or hierarchy in the muslim world, like the pope of catholics etc. After the death of Mohammed, caliphs were the leaders in the muslim world and it shifted between warring dynasties. The last caliphs were the rulers of the Ottoman Empire. But when the empire collapsed and Turkish Republic was founded, Ataturk abolished caliphate in 1924 on the basis of secularism. \nAfter that, many groups attempted and still attempt to revive the Caliphate elsewhere, but none has been successful.
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Hope to clear any of your doubts or any questions you may have regarding Islam.\n\nyou may contact me at haseena_haldir@yahoo.com\n\nThere are many things which i would really love to explain especially those misconceptions. However, its seriously wide.\nHope to hear from you if you have any queries.
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This might help.\n\nhttp://www.germannotes.com/hist_empire_overview.shtml\n\nAnswer your question?
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Really, it means nothing. The largest Islamic empire there ever was was the Turkish Ottoman Empire. The Turkish Ottoman Empire used the star and cresent as their symbol. Because they were the largest Islamic empire, they have influenced Islamic architechture. That's why. The star and cresent can be seen on Turkey's flag today.
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www.islamicfinder.org\ntells you direction of qibla and also times of prayer
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Mansa Musa was the grand-nephew of the founder of the Mali's Empire, Sundiata Keita, and ruled over Mali while it was the source of almost half the world's gold. \n\nMusa was a devoted Muslim, and Islamic scholarship flourished under his rule.\n\nMusa as a benefactor, Sankore University in Timbuktu reached its height.\n\nCraftsmen and especially Islamic scholars came from all over the Muslim world to receive a free education at Sankore's guilds and madrasas.\n\nWhen he passed through Cairo in July of 1324, he was reportedly accompanied by hundreds of slaves and camels, each animal carrying so much gold that it took more than a decade for the economy to recover, due to the rapid inflation that it initiated.\n\nHope that helps.
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sassnid and persian empires\n\n=)
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http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/wsem/hd_wsem.htm\nGreat website that talks all about the Ghana, Mali, and Songhai empires of the western Sudan.  Includes maps and photos of artifacts. The site discusses historical events, the rise and fall of the kingdoms.
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It helps to check spelling:\n\nUmayyad (ūmä'yäd) , the first Islamic dynasty (661–750). Their reign witnessed the return to leadership roles of the pre-Islamic Arab elite, and the rejuvenation of tribal loyalties. The Banu Ummaya constituted the higher stratum of the pre-Islamic Meccan elite. Having entered into an agreement with Muhammad in 630, they succeeded in preserving their economic influence, and gradually reintegrated into the political power structure. The assassination of Uthman, the third caliph, and a member of the Ummaya, presented the dynamic Ummayad figure of Muawiya the opportunity to challenge the otherwise troubled rulership of Ali. With the death of Ali, Muawiya succeeded in establishing himself as the caliph, making Damascus the capital of the Islamic empire. His efforts concentrated on strengthening his rule by entering into a truce with the Byzantines, renewing tribal alliances and securing the succession of his son Yazid. With the death of Muawiya in 680, Yazid faced the opposition of Husayn, the son of Ali. The resistance and subsequent martyrdom of Husayn at Karbala in a battle where the Ummayad forces outnumbered him and his partisans is the focus of the central yearly Shiite observance of Ashura. Yazid also faced further resistance in the Hijaz (today Saudi Arabia), led by Abdallah ibn az-Zubayr. With his death, the caliphate was transfered to the Marwanid branch of the Banu Ummaya. Abd al-Malik succeeded in consolidating Ummayad rule, and proceeded with a series of administrative reforms including the conversion of the bureaucracy from Greek to Arabic, and the minting of new currency. This consolidation set the stage for the renewal of territorial expansion in Asia and Africa under Walid I (705–15), and the increased military pressure against Byzantium under Sulayman (715–17). Sulayman's successor, Umar II (717–20) unsuccessfully attempted to reverse the course of tribal-based politics in an effort to restore the Islamic political ideal of transcending partisanships. His successors, Yazid II (720–24), Hisham (724–43), and Walid (743–44) pursued the tribal-based territorial conquests. The expansion of the Islamic empire led to the emergence of a substantial class of non-tribal Muslims (mawali), who became the base from which anti-Ummayad movements drew their supporters. The most notable of these movements was the Abbasid, which eventually succeeded in toppling the last Ummayad caliph, Marwan II, in 750. A branch of the Ummayad family, led by Abd ar-Rahman ad-Dakhil, was able to reach Cordoba and to reestablish Umayyad rule (780–1031) in Muslim Spain.\n\nHope this helps!
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Yep. They had a significant presence in Spain for over 700 years, and ruled most of the Iberian peninsula for most of that time. A lot of Spanish culture comes from that period of Muslim rule, for example flamenco music. The beginning of the Spanish Empire, which was the first empire on which the sun never set, began with the Reconquista, the expulsion of the Muslim presence by Catholic forces. It finished in 1492 and was presided over by Ferdinand and Isabella, the rulers who sponsored Christopher Columbus' voyage to the New World. I've included a link to a handy timeline.
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Try this site for starters..http://home.earthlink.net/~nazghul/c9987
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aaah, I can tell you one thing, the religion is Islam.\nCheck out these links.