1. The Abbasid dynasty was the second major Islamic dynasty. What was the first? Safavid Ummayyad Seleucid Sassanid

2. What was the capital city of the Abbasids? Babylon Damascus Persepolis Baghdad

3. Who was the first Abbasid caliph? Ali Gamal abd al-Nasir Al-Jahiz as-Hazzik Abu al-'Abbas as-Saffah

4. Who was the great fifth caliph of the Abbasids? Harun al-Rashid al-Mamun Ahl al-Kitab Uthman

5. This caliph sent an unusual gift to Charlemagne on the occasion of the latter's coronation. What was it? his daughter an elephant a chariot of gold some camels