Its founder moved the capital of the faithful to Damascus and used the Syrian army to extend the Arab empire.
Its founder moved the capital of the faithful to Damascus and used the Syrian army to extend the Arab empire. Its greatest period was under Abd al- Malik, when the empire extended from Spain to Central Asia and India. A century after being established by Muawiyyah, its decline began with a defeat by the Byzantines in 717 and continued when intertribal feuding and the failure of financial reforms eventually led to its unseating by the Abbasid dynasty. FTP, what was this first great Muslim dynasty?
Its founder moved the capital of the faithful to Damascus and used the Syrian army to extend the Arab empire.
{Umayyad} Dynasty