What was the Shah-Nama?
a. A set of romantic stories based on the life of Sinbad
b. A written history of Persia from creation to the Islamic conquests
c. The title of the commander of the slave mercenaries
d. The name given to the first wife of the caliph
e. The title given to the oldest son of the caliph
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
- During the Abbasid caliphate, the language associated with administration and scholarship was
- 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 decline of the Abbasid power was due to all of these reasons EXCEPT:
- The commander of the first Islamic incursion into the Sind in 711 was
- What was the regional splinter dynasty that captured Baghdad in 945?
- 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?