Episodes
![The End of the Umayyad Caliphate](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/8925569/Logo_2__9p1ip_300x300.jpg)
Sunday Dec 20, 2020
The End of the Umayyad Caliphate
Sunday Dec 20, 2020
Sunday Dec 20, 2020
After beating back opposition for about 90 years, the Umayyad Caliphate finally perished in the aftermath of the Third Fitna and Abbasid Revolution.
![The Battle of Tours](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/8925569/Logo_2__9p1ip_300x300.jpg)
Sunday Oct 04, 2020
The Battle of Tours
Sunday Oct 04, 2020
Sunday Oct 04, 2020
The Battle of Tours significantly halted Umayyad expansion into western Europe, but was it the legendary victory for Christendom that some historians claimed it was?
![The Decline of the Umayyad Caliphate](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/8925569/Logo_2__9p1ip_300x300.jpg)
Sunday Sep 27, 2020
The Decline of the Umayyad Caliphate
Sunday Sep 27, 2020
Sunday Sep 27, 2020
The Umayyad Caliphate struggled to hold onto its possessions during the reigns of Sulayman, Umar II, Yazid II, and Hisham. The Umayyads lost north Africa to the Berbers, began losing to the Byzantines, were holding steady against the Khazars, defeated Coptic revolts in Egypt, faced an Alid rebellion in Iraq, and were desperate to maintain their holdings in Transoxania.
![A Tour of the Umayyad Caliphate](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/8925569/Logo_2__9p1ip_300x300.jpg)
Sunday Sep 20, 2020
A Tour of the Umayyad Caliphate
Sunday Sep 20, 2020
Sunday Sep 20, 2020
In this episode, I provide a general but brief overview of the Umayyad Caliphate's geography, art and architecture, and society and religions.
![The Height of Umayyad Power](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/8925569/Logo_2__9p1ip_300x300.jpg)
Tuesday Sep 15, 2020
The Height of Umayyad Power
Tuesday Sep 15, 2020
Tuesday Sep 15, 2020
After the Umayyads emerged victorious after the Second Fitna, their leaders, Abd al-Malik and al-Walid, would rule at the height of Umayyad power.
![The Second Fitna](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/8925569/Logo_2__9p1ip_300x300.jpg)
Sunday Sep 06, 2020
The Second Fitna
Sunday Sep 06, 2020
Sunday Sep 06, 2020
During the Second Fitna, the Umayyads, Zubayrids, Alids, and Kharijites battled for supremacy over the Islamic world. (Spoiler alert: the Umayyads won.)
![A Caliphate Transformed](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/8925569/Logo_2__9p1ip_300x300.jpg)
Monday Aug 31, 2020
A Caliphate Transformed
Monday Aug 31, 2020
Monday Aug 31, 2020
Under the newly-established Umayyad Caliphate, the caliphs Mu'awiya I and Yazid I would take the Islamic world in an entirely new direction - for better or for worse.
![Uthman, Ali, and Civil War](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/8925569/Logo_2__9p1ip_300x300.jpg)
Sunday Aug 23, 2020
Uthman, Ali, and Civil War
Sunday Aug 23, 2020
Sunday Aug 23, 2020
Under Uthman and Ali, the unity that had characterized the early Islamic community broke down, leading to a civil war that would remake the political, social, and religious fabric of the Islamic world.
![Nahavand](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/8925569/Logo_2__9p1ip_300x300.jpg)
Sunday Aug 16, 2020
Nahavand
Sunday Aug 16, 2020
Sunday Aug 16, 2020
The Rashidun Caliphate's decisive victory at the Battle of Nahavand annihilated the Sassanid military. The fall of the Sassanid Empire was now assured. In the aftermath of Nahavand, however, a tragedy would befall the Muslim community.
![The Eyes of Cowards Do Not Close](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/8925569/Logo_2__9p1ip_300x300.jpg)
Saturday Aug 08, 2020
The Eyes of Cowards Do Not Close
Saturday Aug 08, 2020
Saturday Aug 08, 2020
With the Muslim conquest of Syria (and Khalid ibn al-Walid's life) drawing to a close, the ambitious Rashidun Caliphate expanded even further. Northern Syria, Armenia, and the southern Caucasus fell under the caliphate's direct control, not to mention one of the most important lands of all: Egypt.