Akbar ordered the building of the city of Fatehpur Sikri to give thanks to and honor the memory of _________, a Sufi holy man who had predicted the birth of a male son to Akbar, on the site of the holy man’s camp in the village Sikri.
a. Zainuddin Shirazi
b. Zar Baksh
c. Salim Chisti
d. Bulleh Shah
c. Salim Chisti
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a. astronomy. b. chemistry. c. epistemology. d. physics.
The New Deal for Indians would best be described as __________.
A. bringing important but limited improvements to Native Americans B. insensitive and harmful to traditional Indian culture C. enormously beneficial to Native Americans D. underfunded, halfhearted, and ineffective
What did the Hebrews do after their mass exodus from Egypt?
A) Settled in an under-populated area of coastal Palestine. B) Defeated the Canaanites and established a kingdom with Saul as their first king. C) Defeated the Philistines first and then turned to the Canaanites, who proved much harder to conquer. D) Established a kingdom ruled by Solomon, then David, and finally Saul. E) United with the Canaanites in order to defeat the more powerful Philistines.
Empress Irene's most serious competition for the throne came from
a. generals. b. the patriarch. c. her son. d. high court officials. e. the pope.