Umayyad Caliphate
Syria / Damascus / Spain · 661 – 750
The first hereditary Islamic dynasty, responsible for the rapid expansion of Arab rule from Spain to India.
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Dynasties of Middle East
Dynasties of Mesopotamia, the Levant, and Anatolia.
4 dynasties
Abbasid Caliphate
Middle East / Mesopotamia · 750 – 1258
The second great Islamic dynasty, which oversaw the "Golden Age of Islam" from their capital in Baghdad.
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Argyros
Byzantium / Anatolia · 870 – 1056
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Ottoman Empire
Anatolia / Balkans / Middle East · 1299 – 1922
One of history's most powerful states, bridging Europe, the Middle East, and North Africa for over 600 years.
3 figures