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Umayyad dynasty  

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  • The Umayyad Dynasty presided over the Arab empire during a formative period in the development and expansion of Islamic religion and civilization (661–750). Later, Umayyad rule in Islamic Iberia (al-Andalus, 756–1031) fostered a flowering of Islamic and Jewish culture.Civil war broke out within the Arab empire when the third caliph, ‘Uthmīn, was assassinated in 656. [Source: Encyclopedia of Global Religion; Umayyad Dynasty]

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