| 1 |
Sovereignty in the Moslem world, West or East was......... |
- A. Stable
- B. Unstable
- C. Permanent
- D. Perpetual
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| 2 |
The Mosque of Cordova was ________ and enlarged by his successors |
- A. completed
- B. curtailed
- C. minimised
- D. shortened
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| 3 |
To a lonely ......... tree in his garden said to be the first imported from Syria. he addressed some tender verses of his own composition. |
- A. Peach
- B. Plum
- C. Palm
- D. Banana
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| 4 |
Cordova <u>yielded </u>in magnificence only to Baghdad and Constantinople. |
- A. Was after
- B. Was inferior
- C. Stood worse
- D. Gave way
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| 5 |
Besides the great mosque the capital could already boast a bridge over the river _________ |
- A. Danube
- B. Rhine
- C. Guadalquivir
- D. Thames
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| 6 |
Thanks to Allah for having placed the................. between us |
- A. Rock
- B. Wall
- C. Sea
- D. Frorest
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| 7 |
The Umayyad dynasty in Damascus was overthrown by the ............ family |
- A. Mamulk
- B. Mughal
- C. Abbasid
- D. Saljoq
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| 8 |
Two years before his death in 788 Abd-al-Rahman founded the great __________ of Cordova |
- A. church
- B. mosque
- C. tomb
- D. palace
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| 9 |
The Abbasids got engaged in the <u>ruthless</u> extermination of the Umayyads. |
- A. Uncontrolled
- B. Direct
- C. Cruel
- D. Continous
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| 10 |
Al-Hakam was a lover of _________ |
- A. horses
- B. buildings
- C. books
- D. mosques
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