Unit 1 Chpt 8

What is a Lateen?

• A type of Islamic scholar

• A triangular sail attached to the masts of dhows

• A regional dynasty in the mid-10th century

• A Muslim leader in the 12th century

Who was Al-Mahdi?

• A Muslim leader in the 12th century

• A nomadic invader from central Asia

• The third of the Abbasid caliphs

• A brilliant Islamic theologian

Which dynasty invaded and captured Baghdad in the mid-10th century?

• Seljuk Turks

• Buyids

• Mamluks

• Mongols

Who were the Seljuk Turks?

• Orthodox religious scholars within Islam

• Nomadic invaders from central Asia via Persia

• Muslim slave warriors

• A regional splinter dynasty

What was the purpose of the Crusades?

• To establish a dynasty in Egypt

• To press for more conservative and restrictive theology

• To free the Holy Land from Muslims

• To develop the concept that dynasties of nomadic conquerors had a cycle of three generations

Who was Saladin?

• A Muslim leader in the last decades of the 12th century

• The third of the Abbasid caliphs

• A brilliant Islamic theologian

• A nomadic invader from central Asia

What did Ibn Khaldun develop?

• The concept that dynasties of nomadic conquerors had a cycle of three generations

• A series of military adventures to free the Holy Land

• A triangular sail attached to the masts of dhows

• A more conservative and restrictive theology

Who wrote the Shah-Nama?

• Al-ghazali

• Ibn Khaldun

• Firdausi

• Chinggis Khan

What did the Ulama press for?

• More military adventures

• More conservative and restrictive theology

• The development of triangular sails

• The capture of Baghdad

Who were the Mamluks?

• Nomadic invaders from central Asia

• Muslim slave warriors

• Orthodox religious scholars

• A regional splinter dynasty