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Other Maps Relating to Islam's Historical Development - English
URL: http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/~rs143/map.html

Map of Muslim Expansion until A.D. 661 Map of the Umayyad Empire c.A.D.750 Map of the Late Abbasid Caliphate c.A.D.900 Map of Almoravid, Saldjuk, and Ghaznavid Expansion c.A.D. 1100 Map of the Muslim World c.A.D. 1300 Map of the Muslim World c.A.D. 1500

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Jordan - History - The Islamic Periods and the Crusades - English
URL: http://www.kinghussein.gov.jo/his_islam_crusades.html

The Islamic Periods and the Crusades. Umayyad Empire. Abbasids. Fatimids. Ayyubid and Mamluks.

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Civil War and the Umayyad Dynasty - English
URL: http://www.wsu.edu/~dee/ISLAM/UMAY.HTM

Upon Muhammed's death, a hastily collected group of prominent Muslim leaders elected Muhammed's father in law, Abu Bakr, to be the secular head of Islam. However, 'Ali, Muhammed's son-in-law and cousin, was not part of this committee nor were other members of Muhammed's immediate family, and many believed that Muhammed had designated 'Ali as a successor, for the Traditions had Muhammed naming him as both his brother and his successor.

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Maps of Spain after the Fall of the Umayyad Caliphate in the Periods of the Party Kings and of the Almoravids - English
URL: http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/~rs143/umayyad.jpg

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Map of the Umayyad Empire c.A.D.750 - English
URL: http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/~rs143/map2.jpg

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Map of Muslim Expansion in the West in the Umayyad Period (661-750) - English
URL: http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/~rs143/mexpan.jpg

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Images from World History: Feudal Syria (7-19th c. A.D.) - English
URL: http://www.hp.uab.edu/image_archive/syria/

Umayyad and `Abbasid Syria (7-11th c. A.D.).

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Maps of the Umayyad Caliphate in the Second Half of the 9th and the Second Half of the 10th Centuries - English
URL: http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/~rs143/spain.jpg

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