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| In general terms, it can be said that Islamic society |
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| relied heavily on religious doctrine to determine proper behavior in the areas of politics, economics, law, and ethics. |
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| Which of the following is an accurate statement about the Arab Empire? |
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| It created an era of great economic success for the Middle East region. |
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| Manifestations of the Islamic principle of equality were seen in |
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| A ninth century Iranian mathematician created |
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| Which of the following was not an achievement of Muslim science? |
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| the development of the Upanishads |
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| All of the following are true statements about Arab and Persian literature except |
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| the Koran was looked upon as dogma that was separate from literary statement. |
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| The poet who wrote the Rubaiyat and The Tales from 1001 Nights was |
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| Who is considered to be the “Persian Shakespeare”? |
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| The Dome of the Rock is located in |
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| Which of the following is not a true statement about Islamic art? |
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| The arabesque patterns found on woven Islamic carpets are quite sparse, and leave many areas without any decoration at all. |
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| became the basis for legal systems of later Europe. |
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| The Eastern Roman Empire lost territory in the century after Justinian’s death because the armies of Islam |
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| seized the provinces of Palestine and Syria. |
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| The Byzantine Empire had no definite division between |
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| All of the following are true about the city of Constantinople except |
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| at its height, it was several times larger than the city of Chang’an in Tang China. |
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| The Christian schism in 1054 resulted from |
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| the Pope’s claim that he was the head of all branches of Christianity, including the Orthodox church. |
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| The eastern emperor appealed for western support against Islam after the defeat of |
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| the eastern imperial armies by the Seljuk Turks at Manzikert. |
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| The issue which almost destroyed the Byzantine Empire in the eighth century was the use of |
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| religious icons in worship |
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| Constantinople was captured and sacked by |
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| Western Christians in 1204 |
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| Byzantine cultural influence was spread to eastern European peoples primarily through |
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