The Overall Unity of the Muslim World Disintegrated During the Tenth

question 26

Multiple Choice

The overall unity of the Muslim world disintegrated during the tenth and eleventh centuries because of:

• A) a special tax levied on Jews and Christians.
• B) failures among the Umayyad rulers of Spain.
• C) repeated attacks by the Mughal empire of India.
• D) economic problems and a stagnating intellectual life.
• E) increasing intolerance of regional and ethnic differences of practice and belief within Islam.

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