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Collapse of the Abbasids

Collapse of the Abbasids. Seventh Century. Reasons for Fall of Abassids. Religious strife Suni , Shia Dynastic strife Increasing taxation on populace, Abbasids as established dynasty could not pilfer from previous authorities Large administration, large standing army Empire is too big?.

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Collapse of the Abbasids

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  1. Collapse of the Abbasids Seventh Century

  2. Reasons for Fall of Abassids • Religious strife • Suni, Shia • Dynastic strife • Increasing taxation on populace, Abbasids as established dynasty could not pilfer from previous authorities • Large administration, large standing army • Empire is too big?

  3. Splinter States • Umayyad Spain • Hroswitha of Gandersheim "Córdova is the ornament of the world" • Naserid Spain • Fatamid Egypt

  4. Heir of the Roman Empire (And Persian) • Collapse of the caliphate similar to the fall of the western empire • Capitol moves east • Internal administration unable to fend off upstarts • Adoption of Greek culture

  5. 7th c Pivot to Middle Ages • We are victims of Periodization • 476 – Dark Ages • Not a hibernation until the Renaissance • Rise of Islam, final partition but not isolation of Mediterranean • Isolates Europe from Africa and Asia • Rise of northern Europe • Old periphery of Rome rises to prominence, 800 • Role of Ireland and England • Crisis of Byzantium • Loss of territory, similar to troubles western half, decreased trade & wealth • Constans II attempts to move capital to Syracuse

  6. More on the pivot to the Middle Ages • Travel is still possible… • Clergy – Greek and Syrian bishops of Rome, Canterbury • But it fades and boundaries solidify • Eastern and Western division, Northern and Southern division • Loss of Greek language in the west • Reorientation of Persia • Mesopotamian capital for Abbasids, less contact with India, less contact with the Mediterranean for the Caliphate • End of secular elite in the west • Educated citizens replaced by smaller ecclesiastical elite

  7. Pirenne Thesis • Disproven thesis! • Henry Pirenne, Belgian historian • Roman empire continued thanks to socio-political and economic legacy • Barbarian invasions didn't bother Mediterranean trade, gold coinage continued • Invasion by Islam ended classical antiquity in the west • Rise of northern Europe thanks to uncertainty in south • 'Rise of Aachen made possible by Mohammed'

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