Episode 122 Quiz

Welcome to the quiz for Episode 122: The Early Abbasid Caliphate. See what you remember about the Abbasid caliphate between 750 and 861 by clicking “START” below!

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In 833, this caliph began enforcing Mu’tazilism in the Abbasid empire.

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The Abbasid caliph Harun al-Rashid ruled from 786-809. Among the most things he did was partnering with:

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Generally, during the period we considered in this program, (750-661), what happened between the Abbasid and Byzantine empires?

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Both the revolutionary leader Abu Muslim, as well as the later caliph al-Ma’mun, spent much of their careers ruling in:

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An overarching, and often successful policy in early Abbasid history can be generally described as:

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In the second half of the 700s, this position became very important in the Abbasid empire:

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Around 812, Ifriqiya (central north Africa) did what?

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These Islamic rationalists taught the doctrine of Qur’anic createdness:

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In 755, the second Abbasid caliph, al-Mansur, killed the revolutionary leader who had helped bring him to power. This revolutionary leader’s name was:

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The Fourth Fitna eventually turned into a general conflict between:

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Which of the following did the caliph al-Ma’mun NOT do during his reign of 813-833?

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Select True or False in regards to the following statement. “The early Abbasid period is generally understood as the beginning of the Islamic Golden Age.”

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In an 801 embassy to the Carolingians, the Abbasid dynasty famously sent Charlemagne:

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The second Abbasid caliph, al-Mansur, founded which city in 762?:

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Khurasan was in the _________ of the early Abbasid empire:

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Early during the Abbasid caliphate, in 756, this region broke away into a semi-autonomous emirate:

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Toward the end of the period we studied in this program (specifically, from 833-842), the political center of the Abbasid empire moved upriver from Baghdad to:

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These Turkic slave-soldiers helped depose a caliph, and brought an end to a flourishing period of Abbasid history:

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The Abbasids take their name from:

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The Fourth Fitna was fought between al-Amin and al-Ma’mun, the sons of the fifth Abbasid caliph, whose name was:

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