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Which of the following statements about Africa from the fifteenth through the seventeenth century is false? | North african states had been for centuries Islamic in Religion, Centrally organized states with dynastic rulers controlled much of central and western aftrica, trade in slaves was as yet unknown, the portuguese were moving down the west aftrican coast |
In Most Aftrican Societies | Marriage involved more family member than just the bride and groom, monogamy was strictly enforced, descent was matrilineal, kindship was rarely of major relevance. |
Which of the following statements about zimbabwe is false | Most of the buildings left there today date from before 1000, it was the capital of several bantu monarchs, a major temple, a palace, a series of stone walls, and an "acropolis" have been found there, iron production and copper and gold mining provided it |
The fabled city of the tales of the arabian nights was | baghdad |
an element common to the decline of both the abbasid and the Roman Empires was | the prevalence of mercenaries in the military |
By the ninth and tenth centuries, the once mighty Abbasid Caliphate was showing signs of decay. A major problem was | the inroads made by the crusades, the tendency of governors appointed from baghdad to establish their own dynasties, a series of overly aggressive and militariestic caliphs |
This area was never under the direct rule of the abbasid caliphate | morocco |
The umayyad empire was centered in | spain |
which of the following statements is false | none of the above |
arab astronomers | knew the works of indian and persian scientists, knew the works of greek scientists, were particularly influenced by Ptolemaic theories of the solar system. |
A minaret is a | tower for calling the faithful to prayer |
Which of the following statements about early Muslim literature is false | The emphasis on philosophy and theology had a deadening effect on other sorts of literature |
Which of the following statements about Muslim art is false | muslim artists were experts in the depiction of the human form in their art works |
The pope who called for the first crusade was | surprised by the tremendous response to his call |
in 1095, Urban II | called on Chrstians to unite and attack the Muslim "infidel." |
The first crusade began in | 1096 |
Which of the following statements about the muslim/arab world at the beginning of the period of the crusades is false | none of the above |
The mamluk rebellion hastened the collapse of the dynasty of the | fatimids |
in the areas of the middle east controlled by the crusaders | the ruling barons organized their states into feudal domains based on familiar european patterns, there were built imposing european-style fortresses or castles, the european feudal system was superimposed upon the existing arab village system |
the last crusader territory to fall was | acre in 1291 |
Which of the following statements about crusades is false | they increased religioues animosities between the christian and muslim worlds, they fostered further religious disputes among christians, outraged by excesses and massacres inflicted by the crusaders, many eastern christians subsequently converted to isla |
The mongols began their path of conquest from | the north asian steppes. |
not among the areas conquered by the mongols was | china, central asia, persia, russia |
temuchin was acclaimed as genghis khan in | 1203 |
genghis khan succeeded in taking a walled town of the hsi hsia through the use of | cats and swallows |
as administrator and lawgiver, genghis khan | regarded the empire he conquered as clan property, and the mongol aristocracy forming its class, set up an efficient postal system, supervised the invention of an alphabet for the mongol language |
Which of the following was not among the provisions of the mongol code know as the yasa | none of the above |
in 1260, kubilai khan abandoned karakorum as the imperial capital of the mongols and established his capital at | peking |
who were the assassins | a herectical muslim sect that had menaced both muslim rulers and the crusaders |
the battle at the spring of goliather in 1260 was a turning point in history because | the mamluk rulers of egypt shattered the spell of mongol invincibility |
at the bottom of the class hierarchy in the yuan empire were | southern chinese |
for what reason did mongols favor muslims in china | they were easy to control, they were actrive in the international trade, they could be used as scapegoats |
which of the following statements about kubilai khan's religious policies is false | none of the above |
the golden horde | benefitted from disunity amoung the russian princes, who succumbed to the mongol policy of divide and rule |
the integration of mongols fully into russian life was prevented in large part by the conversion of the mongols to | islam |
timurlane was a | muslim |
among the effects of the mongol imperialism was | a reduction of the population of china by half |
among the effects of the mongol imperialism was | all of the above |
the mamluk dynasties were centered in | egypt |
the turkish ghazis were adherents of | sunni islam |
murad I captured the city of | adrianople |
which of the following statements about the conquest of contantinople is false | none of the above |