The Assassination of Ali, the Fourth Caliph, Resulted in

question 26

Multiple Choice

The assassination of Ali, the Fourth Caliph, resulted in

• A)the formation of the Abbasid Dynasty.
• B)a civil war that lasted for one hundred years.
• C)the establishment of a system for selecting caliphs that pleased both groups.
• D)the establishment of the Umayyad Dynasty.
• E)the capital city of Islam being moved back to Mecca from Medina.

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