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The Abbasids Era: Rise and Fall
International Islamic University Malaysia
Kuliyyah of Economics and Management Sciences
Semester Two, 2008/2009

Islamic KNOWLEDGE AND CIVILIZATION
UNGS 2040
Section 19

The Abbasids Era: Rise And Fall

By:
Sri Atikah Md. Samuji 0736506
Siti Aisyah Mohd. Kamal 0739532
Mastura Hashim 0735072

To:
Dr. Aliza Elias

Table of Contents

|No. |Contents |Page |
|1. |Introduction |2 |
|2. |The Eve of the Abbasids | |
| |General Situation |3 |
| |-Expansion of the Muslims | |
| |-Ruling of Persians and Romans | |
| |-Umayyad toward their end | |
| |The Revolution |5 |
| |-Skill | |
| |-Manipulation of the internecine jealousies | |
| |The Islamic Abbasids Caliphate |7 |
| |-The Dynasty | |
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