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The first dynastic caliphate of Islam, based in Damascus, the Umayyad Caliphate ruled from 661 to 750, expanded from Spain to India, arabized administration and coinage and favored the Arab elite over converts until overthrown by the Abbasids.
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Leans further toward autocracy than 87% of the 256 countries and regimes in the catalog.
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On Economy, it sits practically at the catalog median.
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Regime centered on the armed forces as the core of political power, governing by junta or military hierarchy, with centralization, discipline, a high value on order and expansionism, and civilian politics subordinate to military command.
Ideology advocating the political unity of Muslims above national borders, around the ummah and the ideal of a caliphate, formulated by Jamal al-Din al-Afghani and adopted by Ottoman sultan Abdul Hamid II against European colonialism.
Doctrine that defends the territorial, military and economic expansion of a nation over other peoples and territories, keeping colonies and spheres of influence tied to the interests of the metropole through military and political power.
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GeoanarchismAnarchist23%
Founder of the Ayyubid dynasty, Saladin united Egypt and Syria, defeated the Crusaders at Hattin and retook Jerusalem in 1187, becoming a symbol of jihad against the Crusades and of chivalry recognized even by his enemies.
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A republic of the Russian Federation in the North Caucasus, Dagestan is multiethnic and Sunni Muslim-majority, with strong Sufi religiosity, local clans, dependence on subsidies from Moscow, repression of radical Islamism, and little real autonomy.
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A Nile Valley civilization ruled by pharaonic dynasties through periods of unity and fragmentation. Sacred kingship, temples, and agricultural administration structured society; practices and institutions varied over three millennia.
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