600-1450+-+Southwest+Asia+-+Theme+3

Theme # 3- State Building, Expansion and Conflict

 * **__Political Structures and Forms of Governance__**
 * 1) The caliph ruled were head of state, chief judge, religious leader, military leader, kings and nobles
 * 2) Imperial family
 * __**Empires**__
 * 1) Abbasid dynasty
 * 2) Umayyad dynasty
 * 3) Byzantine empire
 * 4) Roman empire
 * 5) Sasind empire
 * __**Nations and Nationalism**__


 * __**Revolts and Revolutions**__
 * 1) Abbasid decline
 * 2) Uprising of peasant rebellion weakened dynasty
 * 3) Arab conquered Sasind empire and part of the Byzantine empire
 * __**Regional, Transregional and Global Structures**__