Editing Abbasid Caliphate

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{{Regime Infobox
|title1=Abbasid Caliphate
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|capital= [[Baghdad]]
|government= [[Monarchy]]
|head_of_state= {{wiki|Caliphate|Caliph}}
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|legislature=
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|ruling_house= Abbasids
|affiliation=
|civilization= [[Arabia]]<ref name="Dynasty 1">''[[Assassin's Creed: Dynasty]]'' – [[The Flower Banquet (Part 1)]]</ref><br>[[Iran]]
|languages= {{wiki|Arabic}}
|religion= [[Islam]]
|demonym= Abbasid
|major_cities=
|population=
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|founder(s)= [[Abul Abbas As-Saffah]]
|date_founded= 750
|date_dissolved= 1517
|last_ruler= {{wiki|Al-Mutawakkil III}}
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The '''Abbasid Caliphate''', also known as the '''[[Arabia|Arabian Empire]]''',<ref name="Dynasty 1" /> was the third caliphate, an [[Islam]]ic state regarded as succeeding the prophet {{Wiki|Muhammad}}.<ref name="Wikipedia">{{WP|Abbasid Caliphate}}</ref> It was established in 750 in the wake of a {{wiki|Abbasid Revolution|revolution}} against the [[Umayyad Caliphate]]. Because their banners were black, they were known to the [[Tang dynasty|Tang]] as the '''"Black Arabs"''' (黑衣大食).<ref name="Dynasty 8">''Assassin's Creed: Dynasty'' – [[Beacon (Part 1)]]</ref>

==History==
Almost immediately upon being installed on the throne, the first caliph Abul Abbas As-Saffah turned against his supporters in brutal purges,<ref name="Foltz 2016">Foltz, Richard. (2016). "The Iranization of Islam". ''Iran in World History''. New York: Oxford University Press, pp. 45-59.</ref> and he was subsequently branded with the pejorative epithet of "Bloodshedder" from his enemies such as the [[Hidden Ones]].<ref name="Dynasty 9">''[[Assassin's Creed: Dynasty]]'' – [[Beacon Fire (Part 2)]]</ref>

In 751, they clashed with the Tang at the [[Battle of Talas]], where the sudden betrayal of the [[Karluk|Karluk]] [[mercenary|mercenaries]] fighting under Tang forces resulted in a decisive victory for the Abbasids.<ref name="Dynasty 8" />  The [[Hidden Ones of the Great Desert|band of Hidden Ones]] led by [[Éléna]] arrived too late to affect the outcome, but they did manage to save the life of a Tang [[crossbowman|crossbowman]] named [[Li E]], upon which they recruited him into their order.<ref name="Dynasty 9" /> By 754, As-Saffah had eradicated the Hidden Ones in the region after assaulting their headquarters, and Li E escaped as the sole survivor.<ref name="Dynasty 33">''[[Assassin's Creed: Dynasty]]'' – [[The Hidden Ones (Part 1)]]</ref>

The long period of Abbasid rule is often remembered as the {{wiki|Islamic Golden Age}} for being a zenith of scientific and artistic flowering across the Islamic world.<ref name="Spielvogel 2005">Spielvogel, Jackson J. (2005) ''Discovering Our Past - California Edition: Medieval And Early Modern Times''. New York: Glencoe Publishing.</ref> Eventually, Abbasid power declined, and their control was reduced to only the territory around their capital of [[Baghdad]] by the time of the [[Crusades]] although their caliphs continued to wield spiritual prestige. In 1258, the [[Sack of Baghdad]] by [[Hülegü Khan]] of the [[Mongol Empire]] spelled an apocalyptic end to not just Abbasid cultural power but to the intellectual advances of Islamic society, as the city's philosophers and scientists were exterminated and its libraries and academies razed to the ground. The Abbasid Caliphate survived for a time in [[Egypt]] under the protection of the [[Mamluk Sultanate]], although with little-to-none of their former spiritual authority and largely relegated to crowning the new Sultan, until finally the Mamluk Sultanate fell to the [[Ottoman Empire]] in 1517 and the Ottoman Sultans claimed the caliphate for themselves.<ref name="Wikipedia" />

==Appearances==
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Dynasty]]'' {{1st}}
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]'' {{Mo}}
**''[[Wrath of the Druids]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[Assassin's Creed Valhalla: Geirmund's Saga]]'' {{c|mentioned only, as "Serkland"}}

==References==
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[[Category:Arabia]]
[[Category:Iran]]
[[Category:Caliphates]]
[[Category:Former empires]]