Tell me about the Umayyads, /his/. How were they able to control

U mad?

They didn't really hold them long and i don't know how honest that map is.

I know Ottoman empire maps usually include tributary and vassal states as being a part of the empire.

>>572643
>How were they able to control such a large swath of territory?

They didn't, they only lasted 90 years before being overthrown by the Abbasids.

U-my-ass

>>572643
By butchering and murdering my ancestors

t. digruntled persian

>>572643
What is with a bunch of Empires ignoring Persia's Northern shore?

>>572761
clearly they didn't do a good enough job.

>>573103
The northern shore is blocked off by mountains

>>572761
Don't blame Islam.

The Umayyads butchered every descendant of Muhammad's they caught.