Umayyads

GPTKB entity

Statements (53)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:King
gptkb:dynasty
gptkbp:architecture gptkb:Great_Mosque_of_Cordoba
gptkb:Great_Mosque_of_Damascus
gptkbp:branch gptkb:Umayyads_of_Cordoba
gptkb:Umayyads_of_Damascus
gptkbp:capital gptkb:Damascus
gptkb:Cordoba
gptkbp:country gptkb:Umayyad_Caliphate
gptkbp:currency gptkb:Dinar
gptkb:Dirham
gptkbp:ethnicGroup gptkb:Arab
gptkbp:firstCaliph gptkb:Muawiya_I
gptkbp:foundedBy gptkb:Muawiya_I
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Umayyads
gptkbp:language gptkb:Arabic
gptkbp:lastRuler gptkb:Marwan_II
gptkbp:notableContributor administrative reforms
monumental architecture
patronage of arts
centralized bureaucracy
coinage reform
construction of mosques
establishment of hereditary monarchy
expansion into North Africa
expansion into Spain
expansion of Islamic empire
minting of Islamic coins
promotion of Arab culture
spread of Arabic language
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:Battle_of_Karbala
gptkb:Battle_of_Tours
gptkb:Siege_of_Constantinople_(717–718)
gptkbp:notableFor gptkb:Abd_al-Rahman_I
gptkb:Abd_al-Rahman_III
gptkbp:notableRuler gptkb:Abd_al-Malik
gptkb:Al-Walid_I
gptkb:Hisham_ibn_Abd_al-Malik
gptkb:Marwan_II
gptkb:Muawiya_I
gptkb:Yazid_I
gptkbp:overthrownBy gptkb:Abbasids
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:Rashidun_Caliphate
gptkbp:region gptkb:Iberian_Peninsula
gptkb:Middle_East
gptkb:North_Africa
gptkbp:reignEnd 750
gptkbp:reignStart 661
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Islam
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Abbasid_Caliphate
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Kairouan
gptkb:Levant
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5