Question # 1

His reign and that of his two immediate successors mark the __________ of Moslem rule in the west

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lowest

height

depth

degeneration

Al-Hakam, probably the best scholar among Moslem caliphs, personally _________ several of these books

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used

destroyed

sold

tore

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

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Abomination

Hatred

Irritation

Admiration

He was a grandson of the................... caliph of Damascus.

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Fifth

Seventh

Tenth

Ninth

In Spain, he intiatedan intellectual movement (of ideas and studies)

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Began

Introduced

Established

Developed or promoted

The accession of the Abbasids was signalizedby their action against the Umayyads.

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Made prominent

Made important

Made meaningful

Made effective

The older boy (Ubdul Rehman)gained the opposite bank.

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Found

Reached

Obtained

Touched

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

With his ______ year old brother, Abd-al-Rahman dashed into the river

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Nine

Eleven

Seven

Thirteen

Thanks to Allah for having placed the................. between us

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Rock

Wall

Sea

Frorest

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

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church

mosque

tomb

palace

He elected for himself a place and garden outside........... in limitation of the place built in Syria.

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Cordova

Alhambra

Ghanta

Ceuta

with its forest of stately........................ and its spacious outer court, it has survived to the present day.

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Rooms

Roots

Floors

Columns

The mosque of Cordova was transformed into a cathedral in 1236.

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Improved

Reformed

Changed

Reconstructed

And he left a statement, we are told, which said that he had known only ________ days of happiness

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fifty

fourteen

forty

four

Cordova yielded in magnificence only to _________ and Contantionople

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London

Paris

Berlin

Baghdad

Accession of the Abbasside to the .............. was signalieed.

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Emirate

Baronage

Caliphate

Parsonage

He did not assume the caliph's title but contented himself with the title.

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Wazir

Kabir

Amir

Jahangir

Under Abd-al-Rahman I, Spain had been the first province to shake off the authority of the recognized caliph in Islam.

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Admitted

Supported

Favoured

Acknowledged

Sovereignty in the Moslem world, West or East was_________

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unstable

stabel

permanent

perpetual

It took Ubdul Rehman some years more to bring all of spain to subjection, but he persisted.

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Insisted

Stood firm

Progressed

Went forward

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