C)<span>Cities were the cheapest places to live and offered unskilled laborers steady jobs.
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Optiion C. Ther Umayads held onto power in Modern-day Spain and Portugal.
<h3>Who were the Umayads?</h3>
This was the name that was used to refe rto the first Muslim dynasty. They were established in the year 661 in Damascus.
After they were overthrown they were known to have held on to power in what is now the current Portugal and Spain.
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Because the Silk Road established steady trade
