Umayyad Caliphate Trivia Quiz

Umayyad Dynasty, also spelled Omayyad was the second of the four major caliphates established after the death of Muhammad. The caliphate was ruled by the Umayyad dynasty. This caliphate was centered on the Umayyad dynasty, hailing from Mecca. The Umayyad family had first come to power under the third caliph, Uthman ibn Affan, but the Umayyad regime was founded by Muawiya ibn Abi Sufyan, long-time governor of Syria, after the end of the First Muslim Civil War in 661 CE. Syria remained the Umayyads’ main power base thereafter, and Damascus was their capital. the Umayyad Caliphate covered 5.79 million square miles and included 62 million people, making it the fifth largest empire in history in both area and proportion of the world’s population. Under the Umayyads, the caliphate territory grew rapidly. The Umayyad dynasty was not universally supported within the Muslim community for a variety of reasons, including their hereditary election and suggestions of impious behavior. The Umayyads continued the Muslim conquests, incorporating the Transoxiana, Sindh, the Maghreb and the Iberian Peninsula (Al-Andalus) into the Muslim world. Let's know more about Umayyad Caliphate.