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During the Abbasid period, the status of women in Islamic communities
a) improved as a result of greater occupational and political opportunities within the Abbasid bureaucracy.
b) remained unchanged from the pre-Islamic period.
c) improved as a result of the increase of trade and the booming economy.
d) declined in part as a result of the growing cultural influence of the conquered populations such as the Persians.
D, declined in part as a result of the growing cultural influence of the conquered populations such as the Persians