How the Umayyads Unified the Muslim Empire
The Umayyad emperors of the Muslim Empire united their empire by organizing it as a bureaucracy, introducing a common language, and a common currency. The bureaucratic government helped the Umayyad caliphs rule from their capital, Damascus. For example, this allowed emirs, Muslim governors, to govern with the help of clan leaders. A bureaucracy is a government that is organized into departments and agencies (author pg #). An Umayyad caliph, Abd al-Malik also declared Arabic the official language for all Muslim lands, which was a huge step in unifying the Muslim Empire. For example, people could communicate more easily with other regions, though most Muslims still spoke their own languages too in
The Umayyad emperors of the Muslim Empire united their empire by organizing it as a bureaucracy, introducing a common language, and a common currency. The bureaucratic government helped the Umayyad caliphs rule from their capital, Damascus. For example, this allowed emirs, Muslim governors, to govern with the help of clan leaders. A bureaucracy is a government that is organized into departments and agencies (author pg #). An Umayyad caliph, Abd al-Malik also declared Arabic the official language for all Muslim lands, which was a huge step in unifying the Muslim Empire. For example, people could communicate more easily with other regions, though most Muslims still spoke their own languages too in