Islam, Africa and the Middle Ages

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Which West African city became an economic center of trade due to regional commerce?

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Timbuktu

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Which would be the best example of cultural diffusion resulting from Ghana's trade relationship with the Middle East?

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Islam became the dominant religion in the empire.

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Which of these branches of Islam has always had the majority of followers since the Sunni–Shia split? Options: Sunni, Shia, Wahhabi, Sufi

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Sunni

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In the Islamic religion a disagreement about Muhammad's successor led to what?

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the Sunni and Shi'a split

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Pope Urban II is important in Catholic history because he

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initiated the first Crusade against Muslims in the Holy Lands

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Why did the bubonic plague MOST LIKELY first occur in Europe in port towns in Italy and France?

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Boats landed at these ports with infected passengers and rodents

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Which statement about the Mali and Songhai empires of the 1300s CE is TRUE?

• They were both Christian Empires

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• They were located on the West Coast of Africa

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• They were both Muslim Empires

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• They were isolated from international trade

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They were both Muslim Empires

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Which of these statements NOT accurate regarding the city of Timbuktu?

• It functioned as a major center of Islamic learning under both the Mali and Songhai empires

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• Its primary trading goods were silks and spices.

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• Its economic prominence derived in part from its location at the nexus of major land and water trade routes

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• It was established under the Songhai empire

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Its primary trading goods were silks and spices.

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Mansa Musa's pilgrimage to Mecca in 1324 was significant because?

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Mansa Musa traveled all over Africa and Asia serving as an Islamic judge.

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A major goal of the Christian Church during the Crusades (1096–1291) was to

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capture the Holy Land from Islamic rulers