What Invading Group Surged Out of Afghanistan and Conquered Baghdad

question 24

Multiple Choice

What invading group surged out of Afghanistan and conquered Baghdad in the mid-1000s but kept the Abbasid ruler as a figurehead ruler?

• A)Raiders from Afghanistan.
• B)The Seljuk Turks.
• C)The army of Harun al-Rashid.
• D)The Mongol Khanate.
• E)A coalition of anti-Abbasid Islamists.

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