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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ValiantKnight, post: 2312068, member: 44210&quot;]Forgot to mention. The early caliphates were the largest empires the world had seen up to that point, with the Umayyad topping out in size. Just the fact that the Muslims became so successful in such a relatively short time astounds me. They took advantage of a really perfect opportunity in history.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now for something a little shinier, my Abbasid dirham from Madinat al-Salam (Baghdad; 771-772 AD):</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cointalk.com%2Fproxy.php%3Fimage%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Fi1197.photobucket.com%252Falbums%252Faa429%252FLurkingNinja%252FAlMansur_zps1e257bab.jpg%26hash%3D5d2574e2947d39faeb43a1119c2de50e&amp;hash=eee374a96b39a1e673a7627ddc8d172b" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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