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Today people are proud of their nations’ achievements. We live in a situation where every nation is proud about their history. Surprisingly, the Arabs are exceptional. In my opinion, there are not aware that their nation was the fundamental Abbasid dynasty is one of the biggest dynasties of the Islamic world history. The biggest Islamic dynasty is the ottomans dynasty. Abbasid empire was founded by Abu Alabbass (saffah) . It was the biggest Islamic empire which ruled the Islamic world from 750 to 1258 around for 508 years. They have defeated the Umayyad and taken over the rule of Islamic world in 750. It did many great things to the Islamic world and expanded the Islamic empire to new areas. Abbasids were more multicultural and more interested in knowledge .They were not interested that much in expanding the empire. …show more content…

It spread very quickly throw the Islamic world The reputation of the Umayyad rulers was bad during their period of leading the Islamic states. Therefore, the Abbasid tried to overthrow their governmental system. To protect the Umayyad from the Abbasid threat, Al Waleed bin Abdulamalek, one of the ruler of the Umayyad, decided to handle “Al Hameema” (a city in Jordan) to Abdullah bin Abbas, who was the Abbasid leader in 678. One of the Abbasid leader, Abu Hashem, has visited the Caliphate Sulaiman bin Abdulamalek, one of the ruler of Umayyad in Kofa. During this visit, Abu Hashem felt sick and he knew that he would be dying soon. The rumors have been spread that the Caliphate Sulaiman included a killing poison in a drink that was served to Abu Hashem. After that, this rumor has arrived to Abu Hashem’s uncle and because Abu Hashem had a huge influence and support because of his family which consisted of more than 40 members. Mohammed bin Ali bin Abbas who ordered to pursue a vendetta against the Umayyad. As a result, Mohammed bin Ali thought of toppling the

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