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250017641What is correct about Arabs?they were mentioned in Greek sources in the fifth century BCE, it was a province of the Roman Empire, Herodotus gave the name "arabia" to the area, they are Semitic-speaking people.0
250017642What was the economic importance of Arabia in the fifth and sixth centuries?It increased, thus creating strained relations between the Beodouins and the wealthy urban merchants.1
250017643What does Qur'an mean"recitation"2
250017644What does Islam mean?"submission"3
250017645In 662 CE Muhammad left Mecca for what city?Yathrib and Medina4
250017646What is the Muslin Community?umma5
250017647What is the Qur'ana code of law, the sacred book of Islam, guidebooks for morals and ethics, and a statement of political theory6
250017648What are some of the Pillars of Islam?Fast from down to sunset during the holy month of Ramadan, give alms to the poor, make a pilgrimage to Mecca, and pray five times a day7
250017649What is the Shari'a?a law code8
250017650What are the followers of Abu Bakr known as?Sunnis9
250017651What are the partisans of Ali known asShi'ites10
250017652What was the capital of the Umayyad dynasty?Damascus11
250017653In the West, Islam...was defeated in France by Charles Martel12
250017654Which two empires suffered as a result of the spread of Islam?The Byzantine and Sassanian13
250017655In 717 what was Constantinople saved by?Greek fire14
250017656What was the capital of the Abbasid Empire?Baghdad15
250017657What contributed to the decline and fall of the Abbasid Empire?family rivalry, environmental problems, the rise of the non-Arabs to positions of leadership, and political and economic corruption16
250017658What happened in the eleventh century?the defeat of the Byzantine Empire at the Battle of Manzikert eventually led to the crusades17
250017659What is true about the Mongols?they united under Genghis Kahn, they were pastoral people from Asia, they seuzed Persia and Mesopotamie, ending the caliphate at Baghdad, and by the 14th century the Mongol Em[ire began to divide.18
250017660Which of the following statements is correct about Islam?Arab society was one of the most egalitarian societies of its time19
250017661During Roman times, Arabia was inhabited mainly by nomadic peoples calledBedouins20
250017662Practitioners of IslamMuslims21
250017663The pilgrimage to Meccahajj22
250017664In the eleventh century, who seized power from the Abbasids?Seljuk Turks23
250017665The great hilltop fortess in GranadaAlhambra24

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