choose the best statement that best summarizes the causes and effects of the expansion of the umayyad caliphate.

a ) because of leadership changes and military conquest, the umayyad caliphate expanded to syria and centralized islamic power.

b ) because of leadership changes and military conquest, the umayyad caliphate expanded to iraq and centralized islamic power.

c ) because of political revolts over who the true islamic leader shoulder be, the umayyad caliphate expanded to the arabian peninsula and centralized islamic power.

d ) because of the flourishing culture of the caliphate before the umayyad caliphate, it expanded into syria and developed the islamic golden era.

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The best statement that summarizes the causes and effects of the expansion of the Umayyad Caliphate is:

a) Because of leadership changes and military conquest, the Umayyad Caliphate expanded to Syria and centralized Islamic power.