1. Justify the view that Harun al Rashid’s reign was a golden Abbasid age.

2. (a) Account for the Muslims’ choice of Abubaker as a caliph to 632 AD.
(b) Describe has contribution to Islam

3. Example the prophet’s youthful days gives to the contemporary youth.

4. “Verily in messenger of Allah you have an excellent example for those who fear Allah …” (Qur’an). In light of the above verse, discuss the good..

5. Discuss the changes Muawiya introduced in the Institution of the caliphate.

6. Examine the social and economic life of the Umayyads.

7. Examine the various economic activities that were carried out by the Meccans, Yathribites and the Yemens before Islam.

8. Examine the achievements of the Abbasids in scholarship and learning

9. Account for the rise and consolidation of the Fatimid Caliphate in Egypt.

10. Discuss the political and economic life during the Fatimid period in Egypt.

11. Describe the political organization of the Ottoman Empire.

12. To what extent did crusades influence the Muslims’ attitude towards Europe?
13.‘It was the military superiority of Western Europe that led to the eventual collapse of the Ottoman dynasty.

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