Arab history quiz...

[Knight-Dragon]

I thought it was something along this line - remembered Iraq was a monarch set up by Britain for the Hashemites. I was quite hesitant about Syria since it was a French-mandated territory so shldn't be in a British coalition of any kind. Shld have remembered that the Shah was also a close ally of the Brits. Pakistan was a former British colonial territory and was then an American ally. So was Turkey cos of the Soviets who bordered them to the north.

Next question's on me. :crazyeyes Here goes : -

What was the last Moorish stronghold to fall to the Christian kingdoms in Iberia?

 

[Kublai-Khan]

Originally posted by SKM
I thought it was something along this line - remembered Iraq was a monarch set up by Britain for the Hashemites. I was quite hesitant about Syria since it was a French-mandated territory so shldn't be in a British coalition of any kind. Shld have remembered that the Shah was also a close ally of the Brits. Pakistan was a former British colonial territory and was then an American ally. So was Turkey cos of the Soviets who bordered them to the north.

Next question's on me. :crazyeyes Here goes : -

What was the last Moorish stronghold to fall to the Christian kingdoms in Iberia?

Granada

if that is the answer it was aneasy one.
Confirm
so i can ask something....

 

[Kublai-Khan]

Originally posted by SKM
I thought it was something along this line - remembered Iraq was a monarch set up by Britain for the Hashemites. I was quite hesitant about Syria since it was a French-mandated territory so shldn't be in a British coalition of any kind. Shld have remembered that the Shah was also a close ally of the Brits. Pakistan was a former British colonial territory and was then an American ally. So was Turkey cos of the Soviets who bordered them to the north.

Next question's on me. :crazyeyes Here goes : -

What was the last Moorish stronghold to fall to the Christian kingdoms in Iberia?

Granada

if that is the answer it was an easy one.
Confirm
so i can ask something....

 

[Knight-Dragon]

Kublai, of coz it's easy for you cos you're Spanish! May not be that easy for all the rest of them non-Spaniards. Yep you got it right. Next question's on you so you so choose.

You had posted the same thing twice. Server problem again?

 

[Kublai-Khan]

Originally posted by SKM
Kublai, of coz it's easy for you cos you're Spanish! May not be that easy for all the rest of them non-Spaniards. Yep you got it right. Next question's on you so you so choose.

You had posted the same thing twice. Server problem again?

I really don´t know what happened,
it wasn´t my intention to post that twice.
And i am not spanish,
i am just a 17 years old
Argentine.

The mighty Argentine civilization
:crazyeyes

But it helps cuz we were a spanish colony once.
So i have to study spanish history in secundary shcool.

My question is

Which mythical being revealed the truth of god to Mohammed?
And in what year of the Christian era, and why
the Hegira started?

 

[Kublai-Khan]

Camon people,
you just have to answer 1 of the three question.

 

[Knight-Dragon]

I think it's the Archangel Gabriel?
In the yr 622 AD? I remember this yr being very important for Islam but not sure why.....
The Hegira began counting fr the year of Muhammad's flight to Medinah whose people was more sympathetic to the religion he's trying to found. In fact, there were Muslims there already. So Muhammad commemerated that yr as yr 1 of the Hegira in remembrance of his new start.
BTW, you don't need to be anxious. Sometimes these things take awhile. Took 4-5 days before someone would even want to attempt my Mongol quiz.

 

[Kublai-Khan]

YOU WIN!!!



wow, i didn´t realized that there was a mongol quiz
i will
check it



you are cool

 

[Knight-Dragon]

Guess next question's on me.

What lands did the Arabs grab fr the Byzantines following the rise of Islam?

 

[Kublai-Khan]

Originally posted by SKM
Guess next question's on me.

What lands did the Arabs grab fr the Byzantines following the rise of Islam?

They conquered the whole Byzantine empire,
but the first land that they grabbed
was
Syria
i believe.

 

[Knight-Dragon]

The Arabs didn't conquer the Byzantines although they managed to beseige Constantinople once. Later the Byzantines recovered sufficiently to throw the Arabs out of Anatolia and held on for 5-6 more centuries.
It was the Seljuks who later blunted their power and the Ottomans who destroyed their empire after conquering Constantinople in 1453.
My question is to list all the lands they took over fr the Byzantines more or less permanently.

 

[Sodak]

Syria, Cyprus, mesopotamia, the Levant, Egypt, and all points westward fell to the sword of Islam, n'est-ce pas?

 

[Knight-Dragon]

Originally posted by Sodak
Syria, Cyprus, mesopotamia, the Levant, Egypt, and all points westward fell to the sword of Islam, n'est-ce pas?

I think Cyrus wasn't really conquered permanently by the Arabs. Seem to remember the Byzantines getting it back cos of Greek fire. Also Mesopotamia belonged mostly to the Sassanid Persians. Otherwise you are correct. The Arabs took Egypt, Palestine, Syria, North Africa and Sicily fr the Byzantines.
Next question's on you so you so choose.

 

[Kublai-Khan]

Originally posted by SKM
I think Cyrus wasn't really conquered permanently by the Arabs. Seem to remember the Byzantines getting it back cos of Greek fire. Also Mesopotamia belonged mostly to the Sassanid Persians. Otherwise you are correct. The Arabs took Egypt, Palestine, Syria, North Africa and Sicily fr the Byzantines.
Next question's on you so you so choose.

Yeah
you are right
Cyprus remained in christian power almost always
until the Ottomans.
the same with Sicily
it was under the arab control temporally
I think that less than 150 years.
The normands conquered Sicily in 1072,
and 100 years later the arabs were expelled from Sicily.

 

[Sodak]

Yes, the Normans took Sicily and southern Italy - including my great(x30)-grandfather! Alas, his wealth did not filter down thru the ages...

Arab history is not my strong point, I'm not sure what to ask...

Who was the arab world's equivalent to the west's Marco Polo? (hint: 14th century Moroccan traveller)

 

[Knight-Dragon]

Ibn Battuta? (not sure about the spelling ...) He sure travelled far for his day.

 

[Sodak]

Yes, Abu Abdullah ibn Battuta of Tangiers is the man. He wrote some long tales about his hajj and other travels. It's interesting reading!

 

[Knight-Dragon]

An easy one - what's the court and administrative language of the Islamic Arab Caliphates? Hint - it's not Arabic.

 

[Kublai-Khan]

Originally posted by SKM
An easy one - what's the court and administrative language of the Islamic Arab Caliphates? Hint - it's not Arabic.

Persian?

 

[jumbo2002]

In fact I....don't know.

I really can't think of any good possibilities. Do you mean the original caliphates? Persian sounds like as good a guess as any, to me...