How did the Abbasid rulers try to change the world of Islam?
a. They chose all officials exclusively from the Arabic community.
b. They translated the Qur'an into Persian, making it the official language of Islam.
c. They ruled Spain from Cordoba.
d. They broke down the distinctions between Arab and non-Arab Muslims.
e. They defeated the Byzantine Empire at the Battle of Manzikert.
d
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A) military arms. B) high technology. C) American wheat. D) foreign oil.
All of the following are examples of the Baroque movement EXCEPT
A) Dresden, Germany. B) St. Petersburg, Russia. C) St. Paul?s in London. D) Portuguese churches in Brazil. E) the Scho¨nbrunn Palace in Vienna.
Women in Ottoman society
A. had considerable political influence if they were queen mothers. B. were given much more freedom in the economic sphere than those of Vietnam. C. had no political influence, as was shown by the fate Suleyman the Magnificent's mother. D. who lived in the harem were abused sexually by the sultan and his male friends and, at times, even by enlisted army personnel. E. served as royal bodyguards and, if slaves, were used to produce royal heirs.
A Hellenistic scientist named ________ was able to calculate the circumference of the earth within 200 miles
A. Eratosthenes B. Thucydides C. Hipparchus D. Aristarchus E. Euclid