Multiple choice

What helped the Umayyad caliphs to expand their empire?

  1. The Byzantine and Persian empires were weak

  2. They used gunpowder

  3. the Sunnis and Shiites put away their differences

  4. They allied with the Franks
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Explanation

The Umayyad caliphs benefited significantly from the exhaustion and internal decay of the neighboring Byzantine and Persian empires after their long wars against each other.

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