Question

Which two details support the central idea that Harun Al-Rashid was an extremely rich and learned ruler? A) al-Rashid was the second son of his father, al-Mahdi, an important political leader. B) Library‘s sprouted in cities across the caliphate, including the wonderfully named House of wisdom in Baghdad, which Al-Rashid helped found. C) during Al-Rashids rule, the Islamic world began to experience an explosion of cultural and intellectual growth. D) al-Rashid became the Caliph or ruler of an Icelandic state who’s capital was the city of Baghdad.

Answer 1

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A and D

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Answer 2

Hārūn al-Rashīd, in full Hārūn al-Rashīd ibn Muḥammad al-Mahdī ibn al-Manṣūr al-ʿAbbāsī, (born February 766/March 763, Rayy, Iran—died March 24, 809, Ṭūs), fifth caliph of the ʿAbbāsid dynasty (786–809), who ruled Islam at the zenith of its empire with a luxury in Baghdad memorialized in The Thousand and One Nights (The Arabian Nights Entertainment).