Islamic History Podcast
The First Signs of Decay | IHP 11-0
January 1 · 57 min · Season 11 · 55.5 MBTrailer
0:00-57:45
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Despite fleeting military victories, internal cracks deepen in the Umayyad Caliphate as unjust taxes, tribal rivalries, and the rise of the Mawali set the stage for the empire’s inevitable downfall.
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- 0:00Season 11 Introduction and New Format
- 3:30Military Stagnation and Frontier Disasters
- 11:13The Mawali Crisis and Abbasid Rise
- 21:23Tribalism, Corruption, and Internal Decay
- 30:33Daily Life and Social Classes in the Caliphate