Trace the Umayyad Caliphate 661-750 (Damascus capital), Abbasid Caliphate 750-1258 (Baghdad capital), Fatimid Caliphate 909-1171 (Cairo capital), and the splintering into multiple sultanates after 1258, applying ibn Khaldun's dynastic-cycle model
Exercise
Difficulty 1
~3 min
hist.g7.f.ex_09
Matching
Prompt
Match each Caliphate to its capital: (a) Rashidun; (b) Umayyad; (c) Abbasid; (d) Fatimid; (e) Mamluk Sultanate. Capitals: Damascus / Baghdad / Cairo / Medina / Cordoba.
How it's presented
mode
text
Answer criteria
type
matching
pairs
- a
- Medina
- b
- Damascus
- c
- Baghdad
- d
- Cairo
- e
- Cairo
Hints
- Rashidun = Medina + Kufa periods.
- Note Mamluk + Fatimid both at Cairo (different dynasties).
Misconceptions to watch
- Confusing Umayyad Damascus with Abbasid Baghdad
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