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Compare And Contrast The Abbasid And The Abbasid Empire

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In a world where a common goal in life is to have the most, quantity is not always better than quality. This is shown in comparing the Abbasid Empire with the Ottoman Empire, as one had greater quantity while the other had greater quality. The Abbasids may have not gained the most land throughout their reign, but they had completed outstanding achievements that transformed their own lives, as well as history. The Ottomans on the other hand may have had a massive empire, but they did not have many remarkable achievements that gave them a rich, full culture. While the Ottomans may have held a long-lasting and grand empire, they did not create a culture as complete and impactful as that of the Abbasids. Starting their empire in 750 C.E., the Abbasids were certain to leave a major impact on the Arab world. The Abbasids had moved the empire’s capital to Baghdad, from Damascus, after gaining control. The empire had spanned across three continents and was drenched with many open ideas, as the empire had been widely involved in trade. Being spanned over such a vast array of land, the Abbasids had many ideas in front of them, and they were capable of drawing out the best of those from the areas in which they had conquered. These ideas were not even from extensive trade routes that they had carved out themselves, but they had just used the ones that were established by the Persians, before the Umayyad Dynasty had taken them over. Through somewhat minimal work, this empire was capable

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