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Choose the statement that best summarizes the causes and effects of the expansion of the Umayyad Caliphate.(1 point)
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Because of leadership changes and military conquest, the Umayyad Caliphate expanded to Syria and centralized Islamic power.
Because of leadership changes and military conquest, the Umayyad Caliphate expanded to Syria and centralized Islamic power.

Because of political revolts over who the true Islamic leader should be, the Umayyad Caliphate expanded to the Arabian Peninsula and centralized Islamic power.
Because of political revolts over who the true Islamic leader should be, the Umayyad Caliphate expanded to the Arabian Peninsula and centralized Islamic power.

Because of the flourishing culture of the caliphate before the Umayyad Caliphate, it expanded into Syria and developed the Islamic Golden Era.
Because of the flourishing culture of the caliphate before the Umayyad Caliphate, it expanded into Syria and developed the Islamic Golden Era.

Because of leadership changes and military conquest, the Umayyad Caliphate expanded to Iraq and centralized Islamic power.
Because of leadership changes and military conquest, the Umayyad Caliphate expanded to Iraq and centralized Islamic power.
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Answer 1

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

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

This option accurately reflects the significant leadership changes, including the shift from the Rashidun to the Umayyad Caliphate, and emphasizes their military conquests, which were pivotal in expanding the caliphate's territory and consolidating Islamic authority.