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Cordova yielded in magnificence only to Baghdad and Constantinople.

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Was after

Was inferior

Stood worse

Gave way

He heededthe reassurances shouted from the bank of the Euphrates River.

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Heart

Listened to

Acknowledged

Paid extension to

Two years before his death in 788 Abd-al-Rahman founded the great __________ of Cordova

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church

mosque

tomb

palace

al Hakam, Abd al Rahman's successor, was himself a................ and patronized learning.

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Warrior

Builder

Scholar

Painter

The royal revenue amounted to 624500

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Rupees

dollars

Pounds

Dinars

Cordova acquired international fame and inspired awe and ________ in the hearts of travellers

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abomination

hatred

irritation

admiration

Ubdul Rehman I barely escaped assassination (political murder) in North Africa.

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Slowly

Cleverly

Hardly

Narrowly

10000 workmen with 1500 beasts of burden labored on Al Zahara for a ..................... of years.

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Dozen

Score

Century

Millennium

The Abbasids got engaged in the ruthless extermination of the Umayyads.

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Killing

Removal

Dismissed

Turning out

Al-Hakam,was a lover of..............

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Horses

Buildings

Books

Mosques

In Al-Zahra the caliph surrounded himself with a bodyguard of ________ which numbered 3750

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slaves

women

masons

labourers

He was in a Bedouin camp on the left bank of the ______ River one day

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Euphrates

Tigris

Indus

Nile

Spanish gardens have preserved to this day a _________ character

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Moorish

British

French

Dutch

In 750 , the Umayyed dynasty (rulling family) in Damuscus was overthrown by the Abbasid family.

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Replaced

Defeated and replaced

Defeated

Thrown out

Dutch scholar Dozy declared that nearly everyone could __________ and write

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sing

read

cook

sew

All this when in Christian …. only the rudiments of learning were known.

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Asia

Africa

America

Europe

When his realm consolidated Abd-al Rahman turned to the arts of __________

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war

peace

piece

pease

He was a grandson of the ______ caliph of Damascus

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Fifth

Seventh

Ninth

Tenth

Thanks to Allah for having placed the ______ between us and such a foe

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Rock

Wall

Sea

Forest

Cordova took its place as the most ............. eity in Europs.

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Cultured

Populated

Spacious

Fifty

Ubdul Rehman was a youth of exceptional nerve and abilty.

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Caurage

Bravery

Ability

Wisdom

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