How was the egalitarianism of early Islam transformed by the Abbasid caliphs?
a. They lived in the splendor of a Sasanian court.
b. Greek became the language of the court.
c. They were each addressed as a "king of kings."
d. Caliphs strove to appear as common Muslims in dress and surroundings.
e. Living in Sasanian courts, they were addressed as "the shadow of God on earth."
e
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