Sexual Relations Within Upper-Class Muslim Society Around the Year 1000

question 14

Multiple Choice

Sexual relations within upper-class Muslim society around the year 1000 differed from classical Greek and Roman patterns because:

• A) Muslims abhorred homosexuality, whereas Greeks and Romans did not.
• B) Muslim men had sexual access to slaves and concubines, whereas Greeks and Romans did not.
• C) women were highly valued in Muslim society, whereas they were not in Greece or Rome.
• D) Muslim men were permitted to have more than one wife, whereas Greek and Roman men were not.
• E) Muslim women were permitted to have more than one husband, whereas Greek and Roman women were not.

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