How Did The Abbaids End In Power

Islam came into the world in the seventh century by the workings of the Prophet Muhammad, his successors and their arabic-speaking warriors. The eighth and tenth century receives a good deal of attention as this was the period of the Abbasid caliphate. This phase of time was considered important to the evolution of Islamic civilization, which includes the significance of the Abbasids end in power. The end of the Abbasid reign marked an end of an era of political unity in the Muslim world. As much of a loss as this sounds, it allowed rulers to create more represented society, “It was as if Muslims had come to acctept that government would not create a perfect Muslim society- at best it could only provide the framework in which men could strive to become good Muslims.” (Kennedy177) The weakening of the caliphate created a power vacuum of political control over the Middle East that developed new forms of state organization, social makeup, and cultural advancement in the Islamic world. There

The unity of the Muslim umma became divided creating new state organizations. All the regions became independent rulers as they felt the Abbasid caliphate no longer had the right to represent their muslim community. Using the ghulam system of a military organization new dynasties were formed under different divisions of Islam. Rulers would continue to develop their territories economically and culturally as the islamic civilization never really had a restrictive society. The expand of Islam continued into the new areas of the Asia Minor, southern Russia and India during the medieval period due to the large scale conquests of the Seljuks Turks in the eleventh century. The Seljuks, who bore the brunt and took on the Crusaders eventually succumbed to the Mongol invasion between 1219 and 1258 bringing an end to the medieval period of the ever-changing Islamic