Author Question: In the Early Middle Ages, as learning was at a low point in Western Europe, the Muslims a. built ... (Read 35 times)

abarnes · **on:** Sep 12, 2019

Question 1

The immediate impetus of the First Crusade was

a. a request by the Byzantine emperor for help.
b. an attack on Italy by Muslim forces.
c. growing unrest in northern Africa.
d. the investiture crisis.
e. a breakdown in diplomatic relations between the papacy and the Seljuk Turks.

Question 2

In the Early Middle Ages, as learning was at a low point in Western Europe, the Muslims

a. built on ancient knowledge to produce the best-trained and most skillful doctors of the time.
b. combined Arabic, Byzantine, Persian, and Indian learning along with their original thinking and experimentation.
c. acquired the Greco-Roman intellectual legacy from the Byzantines.
d. pushed the frontiers of knowledge forward, particularly in mathematics.
e. all of the above