1 |
Abd-al-Rahman developed a well disciplined, highly trained army of ______ or more Berbers |
20,000
25,000
30,000
40,000
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2 |
Thanks to Allah for having placed the ______ between us and such a foe |
Rock
Wall
Sea
Forest
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3 |
The Abbasid Caliph in Baghdad appointed a governor of sapin to _______ his rule |
Contact
Accept
Context
Contest
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4 |
It took him some years more to bring all of ______ to subjection |
Spain
Egypt
Jerusalem
Sind
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5 |
In the south of Spain, were stationed ______ troops who accepted him as leader |
Abbasid
Syrian
Turks
Persian
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6 |
His maternal uncles were Berbers from the district of North ______ |
Carolina
Europe
Africa
Australia
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7 |
He was a grandson of the ______ caliph of Damascus |
Fifth
Seventh
Ninth
Tenth
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8 |
He finally reached ______ five years later |
Ceuta
Beirut
Khartum
Alexandria
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9 |
Abd-al-Rehman, afoot, friendless and penniless made his way to ______ and found one friend there |
Indonesia
Palestine
Lahore
Samarkand
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10 |
His brother heeded the ______ shouted from the bank that he would be unharmed if he returned |
Admonishes
Threats
Reassurances
Warnings
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11 |
With his ______ year old brother, Abd-al-Rahman dashed into the river |
Nine
Eleven
Seven
Thirteen
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12 |
He was in a Bedouin camp on the left bank of the ______ River one day |
Euphrates
Tigris
Indus
Nile
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13 |
It was he who made his way to ______ and fought his way to mastery |
Bokhara
Spain
Sudan
Egypt
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14 |
Among the very few who ______ was a youth of twenty Abd-ul-Rehman |
Was killed
Was banished
Escaped
Was imprisoned
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15 |
The Umayyad dynasty in Damascus was overthrown by the ______ family |
Mamluk
Mughal
Saljoq
Abbasid
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16 |
Accession of the Abbasids to the ______ was signalised |
Emirate
Baronage
Caliphate
Parsonage
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17 |
It was In ______ that the Umayyad dynasty in Damascus was overthrown |
850
950
650
750
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18 |
The writer of the essay The Jewel of the World is |
Philp K. Hitti
Jafferson
Darrel Barnard
Jerome K. Jerome
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