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Why were the Umayyad caliphs successful?

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The Umayyad dynasty centralized authority within the Islamic civilization, perhaps most notably with its fifth ruler ' Abd al-Malik, The Umayyads also over saw a rapid expansion territory, extending as far west as Spain and as far as east India, allowing both Islam and Arabic language to spread over a vast area

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