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The Umayyad Caliphate under Al-Walid Iby ~Solrac1993

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الدولة الأموية (Ad-dawlat al-'Umuyyah)

Land area: 13.3 million km² (ca. China, India and Iraq together)
Era: 705-715 CE
Population: 62 million

Al-Walid's reign was marked by endless successions of conquests east and west, and took the early Islamic empire to its farthest extents. The Caliphate stretched from the Iberian Peninsula to the Indus river. Historians consider his reign as the apex of Islamic power.

The long history of Islamic architecture really begins with Walid: he began the first great building projects of Islam, the most famous of which is the mosque at Damascus.

It was also Walid that coupled Islamicization with Arabicization. Conversion was not forced on conquered peoples; however, since non-believers had to pay an extra tax, many people did convert for religious and non-religious reasons. There was great toleration of Christians in this era and several even held governmental posts.

~UncleRice Mar 2, 2013 Hobbyist General Artist

So freedom of religion was only for those who could afford it. Sounds about right.

~Celestial22 Oct 14, 2012

This is awesome! I really wanted ot see an Arabic map of this era (for the names)>
Very interesting.

~Celestial22 Oct 15, 2012

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~Solrac1993 Oct 15, 2012 Hobbyist Photographer

Thanks! I decided to make it just for that reason, I wanted to gather all the names by putting them on a map

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~Celestial22 Oct 15, 2012

It's a good one

It's nice to know we have some history junkies on deviantart xD

~timberfox15 Oct 14, 2012

i think under this rulling the islam could have hade become a great power with a advanced
scientific system.

~crisandm Oct 14, 2012 Hobbyist General Artist

Its amazing how large this was and how little we learned about it in history class. I'm surprised by the amount of tolerance they exhibited especially during this time period. Well done sir.

~Solrac1993 Oct 14, 2012 Hobbyist Photographer

Thanks a lot! I'm glad you like it

You're right, it's a really important part of history and I've never learned anything about it in class. The relation between Christians and Muslims of today should be as it was before

~crisandm Oct 14, 2012 Hobbyist General Artist

Indeed. Keep it up.

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