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Ummawiyys
http://lexicorient.com/e.o/umayyad.htm
Article summarizing the dynasty, with a listing of rulers and dates. From Encyclopaedia of the Orient.
Umayyads, the first Muslim dynasty (661-750)
http://www.princeton.edu/~batke/itl/denise/umayyads.htm
A brief account with a genealogy.
Umayyad Dirhams and their Mints
http://www.angelfire.com/ny3/vaguebrit/
Explores the production of coinage in the Umayyad Caliphate; includes a list of mints, photos of coins, and a bibliography.
Umayyad Caliphate
http://countrystudies.us/syria/5.htm
This outline focuses on its impact in Syria, and relations with the Christian community.
The Umayyad Great Mosque, Damascus
http://www.islamicity.com/Culture/Mosques/Asia/damascus.htm
A photograph of the exterior of the mosque.
The Caliphate and the First Islamic Dynasty (Umayyad Dynasty)
http://www.ucalgary.ca/applied_history/tutor/islam/caliphate/umayyad.html
Section of the University of Calgary's "The Islamic World to 1600" online presentation; covers the history, politics and administration, territorial expansion, and the collapse of the dynasty.
The Art of the Umayyad Period (661-750 A.D.)
http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/umay/hd_umay.htm
An online exhibition by the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, explores the formative contribution of the period to the development of Islamic art.
Civil War and the Umayyad Dynasty
http://www.wsu.edu:8080/~dee/ISLAM/UMAY.HTM
Summarises the origin of the Ummayad Caliphate at the time of the split between Sunni and Shia. Also covers their achievements, conflicts, and eventual decline.
Ceremonial and Art at the Umayyad Court
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/med/grabar1.html
An extract from Oleg Grabar's PhD dissertation; the development of royal ceremonial under the Umayyads went hand in hand with the formation of the theory of the caliphate, as a partiarchal rulership transformed into a royal one