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A Hijri lunar year has how many days?Read the answer and worked solution →The alms tax that helped the Medina community survive was called:Read the answer and worked solution →The first four caliphs ruled the umma during which years?Read the answer and worked solution →Which first caliph suppressed the tribal revolts after the Prophet's death?Read the answer and worked solution →In the campaigns of 637-642 the Arabs took Syria, Iraq, Iran and which other land?Read the answer and worked solution →Which religion did the Sasanian empire of Iran patronise?Read the answer and worked solution →The caliph's Bedouin soldiers settled in desert-edge camp cities such as Kufa and:Read the answer and worked solution →Jews and Christians who paid kharaj and jiziya were protected subjects called:Read the answer and worked solution →Ali's truce at Siffin split his followers. Those who left his camp were called:Read the answer and worked solution →Muawiya made himself caliph in 661 and founded which dynasty?Read the answer and worked solution →Muawiya moved the capital of the caliphate to which city?Read the answer and worked solution →Abd al-Malik built which monument in Jerusalem as a mark of Arab-Islamic identity?Read the answer and worked solution →The Abbasids replaced the Umayyads in which year?Read the answer and worked solution →The Abbasid uprising broke out in which distant region?Read the answer and worked solution →Baghdad, the Abbasid capital, was built near the ruins of which ancient Iranian city?Read the answer and worked solution →Which Shiite clan from the Caspian region captured Baghdad in 945?Read the answer and worked solution →The Fatimids conquered Egypt in 969 and founded which new capital?Read the answer and worked solution →The Ghaznavid sultanate was established in 961 by which Turkish commander?Read the answer and worked solution →In which year did the Saljuq Turks restore Baghdad to Sunni rule?Read the answer and worked solution →Catch the Islamic dynastiesRead the answer and worked solution →Pop the taxesRead the answer and worked solution →Run the caliphate datesRead the answer and worked solution →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 →Who wrote The Civilisation of the Renaissance in Italy in 1860?Read the answer and worked solution →The term Renaissance literally means:Read the answer and worked solution →Which two Italian city-states were republics?Read the answer and worked solution →

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A Hijri lunar year has how many days?

  1. 336
  2. 354
  3. 365
  4. 360
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Correct answer: B. 354

1. It has 12 months of 29 or 30 days. 2. The year has 354 days. 3. It is about 11 days shorter than the solar year. _Source: syllabus Themes in World History, Theme 4, The Central Islamic Lands._

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The alms tax that helped the Medina community survive was called:

  1. Jiziya
  2. Ushr
  3. Zakat
  4. Kharaj
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Correct answer: C. Zakat

1. The community lived on agriculture and trade. 2. Zakat was the alms tax. 3. Raids on Meccan caravans added resources. _Source: syllabus Themes in World History, Theme 4, The Central Islamic Lands._

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The first four caliphs ruled the umma during which years?

  1. 661-750
  2. 750-945
  3. 612-32
  4. 632-61
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Correct answer: D. 632-61

1. The caliph was the deputy of the Prophet. 2. The first four caliphs ruled 632-61. 3. They claimed close association with the Prophet. _Source: syllabus Themes in World History, Theme 4, The Central Islamic Lands._

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