the Umayyads
What is the name capital city of the capital city?
Damascus
What color were the Abbasid banners?
black
a circle
Which caliph was responsible for the sacking of the Barmakids?
al-Rashid
North Africa to Central Asia
What modern day country is Damascus in?
Syria
Who is the main military leader of the Abbasid Revolution?
Abu Muslim
Who is most remembered as the caliph during the Golden Age?
al-Rashid
Who moved the capital from Damascus to Baghdad?
al-Mansur
What is the name of the succession plan that causes the Civil War?
Covenant of Mecca
What group did the Umayyads exclude or discriminate against?
muwali
What other Arab tribe allied with the Abbasids during the Revolution?
the Alids / the House of Ali
At the House of Wisdom Islamic scholars spent much of their time doing this
translating classical documents into Arabic
What famous stories discuss caliph al-Rashid is an extremely positive, but dramatised manner?
Arabian Nights
What is the name of the holiest mosque in the holiest city of Islam?
Ka'ba
What is the name of the last Umayyad caliph who fleas through Egypt to Spain?
al-Rahman
What name did the original caliph of the Abbasids take when he gained the throne?
as-Saffah
What Golden Age invention did al-Rashid sent to Charlemagne?
the elephant water clock
Who became caliph after the Abbasid Civil War?
al-Ma'mun
What are the names of the 3 most important Barmakids?
Yahya, al-Fadl, Ja'far
What was al-Mansur's nickname for the last caliph of the Umayyad caliphate"
the Falcon
What important battle was the decisive moment of victory for the Abbasids?
the Battle of the River Zab
Who is considered the father of algebra?
al-Khwarizmi
Who was allegedly killed by his own mother and the Barmakids?
al-Hadi
What city does al-Rashid die in?
Tus of the Khurasan province