List of Muslim empires
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Scholars debate what exactly constitutes an Empire. Generally, they may define an empire as a state that extends dominion over areas and populations distinct culturally and ethnically from the culture/ethnicity at the center of power.
This list is intented to show some of the States, Empires, or Dynasties that have had the faith of Islam, or were in some way central to or a part of the Empire. Many Muslim empires had strong influences on the visual Arts, and Architecture.
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[edit] Islamic Middle East
In the centuries after the life of Muhammad, Muslim armies poured out into all surrounding Areas, bringing the lands from Persia to Spain under their control. With this huge amount of land under their control, the Umayyad (and latter, the Abbasid) Caliphates allowed merchants and scholars to travel easily through western Eurasia, bringing goods and knowledge which the Muslims greatly expanded upon through the Caliphate and outward to less advanced regions, such as Western Europe. In 751, papermaking from China made its way to the West through Muslims. Trade introduced Islam to the Africans. In the Middle East, the success of Islam meant that culture would be changed forever. Even after the decline of the Abassid Caliphate, Islam would remain as one of the base institutions of the region. Future states of the region, such as the Safavid, Seljuk, and Ottoman Empires, were all "Islamic Empires".
- The term Arab Empire usually refers to the following Caliphates:
- Rashidun Caliphate (622-661)
- Umayyad Caliphate (661-750) - Successor of the Rashidun Caliphate
- Umayyad Caliphate of Cordoba in Islamic Spain (929-1031)
- Abbasid Caliphate (750-1258) - Successor of the Umayyad Caliphate
- Fatimid Caliphate (910-1171)
- Empire of Damascus (Syria): The Umayyad Caliphate (661-750).
- Empire of Cordoba (Spain): The Umayyad Caliphate of Cordoba (750-1492).
- Empire of Baghdad (Iraq): The Abbasid Caliphate (750-1258)
- Empire of Istanbul (Turkey): The Ottoman Caliphate (1290-1924)
- Safavid dynasty of the Persian Empire (1502-1722)
[edit] Indian subcontinent
- Delhi Sultanate in Northern India (1206-1526)
- Mughal Empire in India (1526-1857)
- Khilji Dynasty
- Lodhi Dynasty
- Durrani Empire
- Suri Empire
[edit] Other Islamic civilizations
- The Mali Empire in Africa
- The Bashkirs and Chuvash
- The Khwarezm-Shâh Dynasty
- The Samanid Dynasty
- The Seljuk dynasty
- The Almoravid dynasty
- The Almohad dynasty
- The Fulani Empire
- The Mali Empire
- The Giray dynasty
- The Timurid dynasty
- The Mughal Empire
- The Ottoman Empire
- The Ayyubid Dynasty
[edit] Sources
- History of the Muslims Empires of Islam [1]
- All Empires.com