Islamic History & Culture/Umayyad & Abbasid CaliphatesUmayyad & Abbasid CaliphatesLessons1The Umayyads and the Abbasids (661–1258)From Muawiya's Damascus court to the Mongol sack of Baghdad — six centuries of Arab-Islamic empire under the Umayyads and the Abbasids.9 minTry YourselfQuiz on Umayyad & Abbasid Caliphates