Economy

= __Economy__ =

=__Abbasids__= =When the abbasids took over in 750 they moved the capital to Baghdad. In Baghdad they had a very advanced economy. Baghdad's economy relied on taxes and wealth, they got money by trade and work. The empire had plenty of gold, silver, copper, and iron to trade for even more money. Abbasids also spread cotton and had variety of livestock.The abbasids were really involved in trade, they had a treasury, which keeps track of the collection, management, the amount of money spent in the public community. They also invented sakks which allow you to basically trade or pay on the go. We still use them today they are known as checks.=

__Umayyads__
=The Umayyads took over in 661, they moved the capitol to Demascus. The Umayyads surrounded themselves with money. They caused the community to split into different groups. There were three groups some didnt mind at all how the Umayyads rule, which was the majority of the population. But another group believed the caliph had to be a descendant of Muhammad, so they didn't like the Umayyads because they never knew Muhammad. Another group did not like how the Umayyads surrounded themselves with money. They thought it was right to do what the caliphs did, to blend in with the community, and pretend they are not any better then the rest of the population. You may have heard of a man named Buddha. Buddha has a great story, his father never let him out of the palace because he did not want his son to see all the bad things in the world. When the son did find out he didn't understand why he got to be so much luckier then other people in life. So he gave away everything all his money, belongings, family, just to be like the unlucky people in the world.=

__Four Caliphs__
=The four caliphs were the first four rulers after Muhammad's death. After Muhammad died a lot of people were confused, they didn't know what to teach what god to worship, what teachings to teach. Abu-Bakr came up with jihad to try to justify the economy. Jihad translates to "struggle". There were a lot of things that made people want to join the islamic religion, one huge difference in the muslim community that is unlike other empires is that they let their conquered people stay the religion they want.=