As far as world conquerors go, subject peoples would have approved of the Arab rulers of the seventh and eighth centuries for all EXCEPT which of the following reasons?
a. Rulers restricted Arab armies of occupation to garrison towns, segregated from the native populations.
b. Rulers were happy to accept local elites into the empire.
c. Rulers gave special tax breaks to subjects who were "people of the book."
d. Rulers did not force their new subjects to convert to Islam.
Ans: c. Rulers gave special tax breaks to subjects who were "people of the book."
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