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Baghdad City of Learning
Abbasid Governance
Abbasid Society
Politics of Harem
Collapse of Abbasid
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The Abbasid dynasty based their right to rule on
What is Muhammad's uncle Abbas
100
The chief minister to the caliphs was known as...
What is the Vizier
100
The one group in Islamic society to inherit privileges on the basis of birth were those who could...
What is claim descent from Muhammad's family
100
Islamic law permitted men to marry up to how many wives?
What is four
100
How did the caliphs attempt to increase revenue?
What is the iqta grant
200
The new Abbasid capital was built by whom?
What is Mansur
200
The caliph appointed a chief judge known as the...
What is the qadi
200
Under the royal family these two large groups enjoyed prestige and respect
What is the ulama and the educated landowners
200
Who were the eunuchs?
What is castrated men that guarded the secluded women's quarters
200
This group of Shi'ite Iranian mercenaries conquered Baghdad in 945
What is the Buyids
300
This method allowed observers to calculate their location on earth
What is the astrolabe
300
The judges were drawn from the learned men of Islam known as the...
What is the ulama
300
Those who were gifted in mathematics might have become what...
What is merchants.
300
The higher a woman's class was, the great was the degree of...
What is seclusion
300
This city replaced Baghdad as the leading center of Islamic learning in the 11th century
What is Cordoba
400
This significant technology advancement occurred in Baghdad in 794
What is papermaking factories.
400
By the ninth century the Muslim proportion of the population had increased to...
What is 40 percent.
400
What did Islamic law forbid within the marketplace? What did they use instead
What is usury. Checks, letters of credit, and bills of exchange.
400
Khaizuran's sister gave birth to whom?
What is Zubaydah (little butter ball)
400
What was the name of the great geographer in Cordoba?
What is Al-Bakri
500
The algorithm was derived from this specific person
What is Al-Khwarizmi's name
500
Who was the wife of the caliph Harun al-Rashid
What is Zubaydah
500
The importing of slaves came from these major areas
What is Central Africa, Central Asia, and central and Eastern Europe
500
Who became caliph in 785
What is Hadi
500
The final end of Muslim Baghdad and the caliphate was the result of
What is Mongol invasion