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Summary Of: Umayyads

while the Umayyads descended from Abd Munaf via a different son... The Umayyads and the Hashimites were bitter rivals... became a major cause for censure of the Umayyads in later histories of the period... the Umayyads tended to favor the rights of the old Arab families... the Umayyads transformed the caliphate from a religious institution... The Umayyads also constructed famous buildings such as the... The Umayyads have met with a largely negative reception from later Islamic historians... regards the period of the Umayyads as part of the Arab Golden Age which it sought to emulate and restore...

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