Abbasid Dynasty

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

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

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

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

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