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单词 caliphate
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caliphate

/ˈkalɪfeɪt / /ˈkeɪlɪfeɪt /
noun chiefly historical
1The rule or reign of a caliph or chief Muslim ruler: the Umayyad caliphate in Damascus was overthrown by the Abbasids...
  • In AD 656, after the assassination of Uthman, the third caliph, Ali ascended to the caliphate.
  • The caliphate was replaced by an independent local dynasty, the Aghlabids, in 800.
  • As long as the Caliphate remained strong, Armenia continued to prosper, and a new Bagratid kingdom was established as a centre of manufacturing and trade.
1.1The area ruled by a caliph: Cordoba was the thriving capital of the Caliphate of Cordoba that governed almost all of the Iberian peninsula...
  • Swedish Vikings were active in the Baltic area, and also ventured into Russia and the Arab caliphate of Baghdad.
  • Their profits, partly from spices, sufficed to make Venice, Genoa, Florence, and other city-states almost as rich and powerful as the caliphate of Egypt.
  • From the ninth century onwards the Turks began to enter the Caliphate, not in mass, but as slaves or adventurers serving as soldiers.

Origin

Early 17th century: from caliph + -ate1.

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