Islam 1: Muhammad, the first Caliphate, and the core teachings
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How the Umayads Created the Dome of the Rock
When maria takes power in 661, he founds what we now know as the umaa kalipat or i was the first family dynasty rigt where this clar clan created a hereditary rule over the empire for almost a century. And also, when maia takes over in 6 61, he moves the capital to damascus. So really the effective capital up to this time was medina. That was the place where the political a, the first political islamic state, was created. But now it moves to dam Damascus, which was not an islamic holy city. It was a syrian, mostly christian city. And Damascus becomes a major political
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