Multiple Choice
The decline of the Umayyad dynasty was due to
A) scandals involving the morality of the caliphs.
B) growing unrest among non-Arab Muslims, who demanded access to political power.
C) a peasant revolt over increases in taxes and decreases in wages.
D) the arrival of a Jewish messiah.
E) lack of a competent heir.
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