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"The adoption of the mamluk* institutions by the Abbasids
was followed almost immediately by [the] . . .
disintegration of the state. . . . The disintegration of the
Abbasid state was an intensely painful process in which it
seemed at times as if the very venture of Islam was
coming to an end, like that of Alexander the Great before
it. . . . Indeed, that Islam was soon to disappear was the
very premise upon which the [Shi'ite] revolutionaries held
out their promise of a moral and material recovery:
nothing less . . . could now save the marriage between
religion and power to which the Islamic [state] owed its
existence."
*an Arabic term designating a slave, in this case, a slave
soldier of Turkic origin
Patricia Crone, Danish-American historian of Islamic
history, Slaves on Horses: The Evolution of the Islamic
Polity, 1980
The disintegration of the Abbasid Caliphate most directly
led to which of the following poli - ANSWER -the rise
of turkic states
"The adoption of the mamluk* institutions by the Abbasids
was followed almost immediately by [the] . . .
disintegration of the state. . . . The disintegration of the
Abbasid state was an intensely painful process in which it
seemed at times as if the very venture of Islam was
coming to an end, like that of Alexander the Great before
it. . . . Indeed, that Islam was soon to disappear was the
very premise upon which the [Shi'ite] revolutionaries held
out their promise of a moral and material recovery:
nothing less . . . could now save the marriage between
religion and power to which the Islamic [state] owed its
existence."
*an Arabic term designating a slave, in this case, a slave
soldier of Turkic origin
Patricia Crone, Danish-American historian of Islamic
history, Slaves on Horses: The Evolution of the Islamic
Polity, 1980
Despite the disintegration of the Abbasid Caliphate, Islam
continued to spread across Afro-E - ANSWER -The
activities of Sufi missionaries
"The adoption of the mamluk* institutions by the Abbasids
was followed almost immediately by [the] . . .
disintegration of the state. . . . The disintegration of the
Abbasid state was an intensely painful process in which it
seemed at times as if the very venture of Islam was
coming to an end, like that of Alexander the Great before
it. . . . Indeed, that Islam was soon to disappear was the
very premise upon which the [Shi'ite] revolutionaries held
out their promise of a moral and material recovery: nothing
less . . . could now save the marriage between religion
and power to which the Islamic [state] owed its existence."
*an Arabic term designating a slave, in this case, a slave
soldier of Turkic origin
Patricia Crone, Danish-American historian of Islamic
history, Slaves on Horses: The Evolution of the Islamic
Polity, 1980
The combination between religious and political aspects in
the Abbasid state's concept of ru - ANSWER -The
Abbasid state was headed by a caliph who was
theoretically the state's supreme religious and political
leader.
"I, the reverend Buddhist teacher Dharmasekhara,
dedicated this statue of the bodhisattva Amoghapasa* on
the orders of His Majesty King Adityawarman, for the
benefit and salvation and happiness of all creatures.
Hail to the King—experienced in the arts of war, well
versed in the sciences, he is an ocean of all virtues
practiced by the followers of the Buddha! He is free from
all physical desire. Hail to the King—he who supports the
entire world. He has collected jewels by the millions, taken
them from the hands of his enemies among the other
rulers of this world. He who is like God among kings,
crowned, protected by heavenly beings, King of kings! He
orders what should be known to all!"
Sanskrit inscription on a statue of a bodhisattva produced
in the Malayapura kingdom, Sumatra, Indonesia, circa
1350 c.e.
*a major figure worshipped in Mahayana Buddhism
Which of the following best describes a claim made in the
fi - ANSWER -Statues of Buddhist divine figures
could spiritually benefit everyone.
"I, the reverend Buddhist teacher Dharmasekhara,
dedicated this statue of the bodhisattva Amoghapasa* on
the orders of His Majesty King Adityawarman, for the
benefit and salvation and happiness of all creatures.
Hail to the King—experienced in the arts of war, well
versed in the sciences, he is an ocean of all virtues
practiced by the followers of the Buddha! He is free from
