Tell me about the Umayyads, /his/. How were they able to control such a large swath of territory? What differentiated them from the other caliphates?
U mad?
They didn't really hold them long and i don't know how honest that map is.
I know Ottoman empire maps usually include tributary and vassal states as being a part of the empire.
>>572643
>How were they able to control such a large swath of territory?
They didn't, they only lasted 90 years before being overthrown by the Abbasids.
U-my-ass
>>572643
By butchering and murdering my ancestors
t. digruntled persian
>>573103
The northern shore is blocked off by mountains
>>572761
Don't blame Islam.
The Umayyads butchered every descendant of Muhammad's they caught.
