The decline of the Abbasid power was due to all of these reasons EXCEPT:
(A) the difficulty of governing a widespread empire.
(B) invasions of European crusaders.
(C) regional loyalties.
(D) Shi'ia dissenters and slave revolts.
(E) rebellious governors and new dynasties
Answer: B
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AP World History Chapter 7
- Contacts between Hindus and Muslims led to
- All of these Indian groups were attracted to Islam and converted EXCEPT:
- The Abbasid reign ended when
- The Sufis
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- The greatest beneficiaries of the sustained urban prosperity during the rule of the Abbasids were
- The Seljuks
- During the Abbasid period, the use of slaves
- During the Abbasid period, women
- The commander of the first Islamic incursion into the Sind in 711 was
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- What was the religious affiliation of the Seljuk Turks?
- What was the attitude of the Abbasids toward the institution of slavery?
- In what year was Jerusalem captured by Christian crusaders?
- What was the nature of Islamic religion that developed in Southeast Asia?
- Who was the Muslim leader responsible for the reconquest of most of the territories belonging to the Christian crusaders?
- How did Islam and Hinduism differ?
- Which of the following is NOT a reason for the decline of the Abbasid dynasty by the ninth century C.E..?
- What descendant of a Turkish slave dynasty in Afghanistan led a series of expeditions into India to seize booty in the eleventh century?
- What ruler was associated with the transition from raiding to the establishment of an Islamic empire in the Indian subcontinent?
- Which of the following statements concerning the mercenary armies of the later Abbasid era is NOT accurate?
- Which of the following statements concerning the Sufi movement within Islam is most accurate?
- How did the political center of Islam change after the Mongol invasions?
- Which of the following was NOT a literary figure during the Abbasid Empire?