What was the result of the assassination of the Fourth Caliph?
A) the formation of the Abbasid Dynasty
B) a civil war that lasted for one hundred years
C) the establishment of a system for selecting caliphs that pleased both groups
D) the establishment of the Umayyad Dynasty
E) the capital city of Islam being moved back to Mecca from Medina
D
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By 1933, the Nazi storm troopers (SA) had:
A. 50,000 members. B. ceased to be an important political force. C. been absorbed by the Gestapo. D. lost favor with most Nazi officials. E. 1 million members.
In 1453, the Ottomans led by Sultan Mehmet II captured which important Christian city of the Byzantine Empire?
a. Kiev b. Vienna c. Paris d. Budapest e. Constantinople
The issues the divide the Muslim states of the Middle East today are oil and democracy
a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false
The Virginia Plan called for a __________
A) bicameral legislature with representation based on population in both legislative bodies B) unicameral legislature with representation based on population C) bicameral legislature with representation divided between population and equality of the states D) unicameral legislature with states represented equally