The Abbasids moved their capital to Baghdad because they wanted to move it closer to Damascus during the time when Umayyad's capital was Damascus. In which means that the Abbasid empire wants to overthrow the Umayyad empire.
They moved the capital from Damascus to Baghdad for the benefits of better control of trade routes and information.
Baghdad (currently is the capital of Iraq)
no the umayyads ruled damascus as there capital the abbasids took Baghdad as there capital...
The Abbassids moved their capital to Baghdad because their base of support was among the Persians and Mesopotamian Arabs (as opposed to Damascus, which was the base of support for their Umayyad rivals).
Baghdad.
The Umayyad Dynasty was founded when the Arab capital was moved.
damascus
The answer you are looking for the UMAYYAD DYNASTY, but the question is operating backwards. The Umayyad dynasty was founded and the capital subsequently moved to Damascus, not the other way around.
At first it was Baghdad, but later I believe the capital was moved to Damascus.
The answer you are looking for the UMAYYAD DYNASTY, but the question is operating backwards. The Umayyad dynasty was founded and the capital subsequently moved to Damascus, not the other way around.