What best describes the Umayyad state? A state where the Arabs formed a minority ruling class, while the majority of the
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What best describes the Umayyad state? A state where the Arabs formed a minority ruling class, while the majority of the
What best describes the Umayyad state? A state where the Arabs formed a minority ruling class, while the majority of the population in the conquered lands continuing to live as before. Islam spread immediately throughout the caliphate and subject people converted en masse. It remained a small vassal state of the Byzantine empire. It remained a small vassal state of the Sasanian empire. They ruled over the western part of the caliphate whereas the Abbasids ruled over the eastern part.
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