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The Umayyad Empire
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Whose armies did they defeat? | Ali's |
| What religion did they strive to spread? | The religion of Islam |
| Where did they expand the Muslim Empire? | North Africa and the Iberian Peninsula |
| What was the capital called? | Damascus |
| What is a system of departments and agencies that carry out the work of the government? | A Bureaucracy |
| Muslim Governers | Emirs |
| What was the official language of the empire? | Arabic |
| Name to ways Caliph Malik unified the empire. | Creating the coinage, and the Hajj |
| What was the name of their rival clan? | The Abbasids |
| What led to the Umayyad Dynasty's downfall? | The leadership. |