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Slice the caliphal capitalsRead the answer and worked solution →Umayyad or AbbasidRead the answer and worked solution →Sort by originRead the answer and worked solution →Type the numberRead the answer and worked solution →Islamic lands bingoRead the answer and worked solution →Genghis Khan was born around 1162 near which river in northern Mongolia?Read the answer and worked solution →What was Genghis Khan's birth name?Read the answer and worked solution →Temujin's father Yesugei was chieftain of which group of families?Read the answer and worked solution →Which blood-brother of Temujin later became his hostile foe?Read the answer and worked solution →In which year did an assembly proclaim Temujin the Great Khan, Genghis Khan?Read the answer and worked solution →The assembly of Mongol chieftains that took collective decisions was the:Read the answer and worked solution →Which dynasty of the Jurchen ruled north China from Peking when Genghis Khan attacked?Read the answer and worked solution →The Mongols sacked Peking in which year?Read the answer and worked solution →Which ruler of Khwarazm executed Mongol envoys and provoked Genghis Khan's invasion?Read the answer and worked solution →A Mongol prince died besieging which city, so Genghis ordered it laid waste?Read the answer and worked solution →Baghdad fell to the Mongols in which year?Read the answer and worked solution →At the banks of which river did Genghis Khan drop the idea of returning home through North India?Read the answer and worked solution →Genghis Khan died in which year?Read the answer and worked solution →The largest Mongol army unit of about 10,000 soldiers was called a:Read the answer and worked solution →Which eldest son of Genghis Khan received the Russian steppes as his ulus?Read the answer and worked solution →Ogodei, chosen to succeed as Great Khan, set his capital at:Read the answer and worked solution →The Mongol courier system of fresh mounts at spaced outposts was called the:Read the answer and worked solution →Nomads gave a tenth of their herds for the courier system under which levy?Read the answer and worked solution →Which underground canals of the Iranian plateau fell into disrepair after the Mongol campaigns?Read the answer and worked solution →Travellers in the Mongol realm carried a safe-conduct pass called in Persian the:Read the answer and worked solution →The Mongol Yuan dynasty in China ended in which year?Read the answer and worked solution →Which descendant of Timur and Genghis Khan seized Delhi and Agra in 1526?Read the answer and worked solution →Catch Genghis Khan's sonsRead the answer and worked solution →Pop the Mongol termsRead the answer and worked solution →Run the Mongol datesRead the answer and worked solution →

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Slice the caliphal capitals

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Does not match the category
  1. Rome
  2. Athens
  3. Lisbon
  4. Paris
Matches the category
  1. Medina
  2. Damascus
  3. Baghdad
  4. Samarra
  5. Nishapur
Instructions
Slice only the capitals of the caliphate and sultanates.
_Source: syllabus Themes in World History, Theme 4, The Central Islamic Lands._

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Umayyad or Abbasid

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Upper category
Umayyad
Lower category
Abbasid
Items
  1. Category
    Umayyad
    Item
    Muawiya
  2. Category
    Umayyad
    Item
    Damascus
  3. Category
    Umayyad
    Item
    Abd Malik
  4. Category
    Umayyad
    Item
    Dome Rock
  5. Category
    Abbasid
    Item
    Baghdad
  6. Category
    Abbasid
    Item
    Abu Muslim
  7. Category
    Abbasid
    Item
    Samarra
  8. Category
    Abbasid
    Item
    Harun
Instructions
Send each name to the Umayyad or the Abbasid track.
_Source: syllabus Themes in World History, Theme 4, The Central Islamic Lands._

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Sort by origin

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Items
  1. Group
    Arab
    Item
    Quraysh
  2. Group
    Arab
    Item
    Umayyads
  3. Group
    Arab
    Item
    Abbasids
  4. Group
    Iranian
    Item
    Buyids
  5. Group
    Iranian
    Item
    Samanids
  6. Group
    Iranian
    Item
    Tahirids
  7. Group
    Turkish
    Item
    Ghaznavids
  8. Group
    Turkish
    Item
    Saljuqs
  9. Group
    Turkish
    Item
    Mamluks
Groups
  1. Item
    Arab
  2. Item
    Iranian
  3. Item
    Turkish
Instructions
Drop each dynasty onto its ethnic origin.
_Source: syllabus Themes in World History, Theme 4, The Central Islamic Lands._

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