Expert: Irulan Serena - 4/11/2004

Question
May I ask how you found these answers and found out that they wre in Chapter 12 of the student resources.

I know that website from before.
Did you search in any particular search engine or use any special tricks.
and what words did u type for example...
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Followup To
Question -
Couple of questions, please do the best you can since it took me a while to type this :p

1. During the Abbasid period, the status of women in Islamic communities

A. improved as a result of the increase of trade and the booming economy.
B. remained unchanged from the pre-Islamic period
C. improved as a result of  greater occupational and political opportunities within the Abbasid bureaucracy
D. declined, in part, as a result of the growing cultural influence of the conquered populations such as the Persians.
E. declined due to the increase in number of females relative to the numbers of males.


2. Which of the following statements concerning the resistance of the Byzantine Empire to Islamic attacks is most accurate?
A. the byzantine empire was so weak that islamic armies advanced until they finally captured the byzantine capital at constantinople
B. the byzantine empire was much stronger than the sassanian empire and was successfully able to reject the islamic attacks until the ninth century
C. Although the byzantine empire lost most of Asia minor, it was able to successfully defend egypt, syria, and palestine from arab assaults.
D. the byzantine empire was more resilent than the sassanian empire, but still suffered the loss of egypt, syria, and palestine to the arabs
E. the byzantine empire successfully negotiated a division of territory to stop islamic incursions.

Answer -


Your questions are from Student Resources Chapter 12.

Your first question - women during the Abassid period


19   During the Abbasid period, the status of women in Islamic communities

 improved as a result of the increase of trade and the booming economy.
 improved as a result of greater occupational and political opportunities within the Abbasid bureaucracy.
 remained unchanged from the pre-Islamic period.
 declined in part as a result of the growing cultural influence of the conquered populations such as the Persians.



Your second question -

15   Which of the following statements concerning the resistance of the Byzantine Empire to Islamic attacks is most accurate?
Need a hint?  
 The Byzantine Empire was so weak that Islamic armies advanced until they finally captured the Byzantine capital at Constantinople.
 The Byzantine Empire was more resilient than the Sassanian Empire, but still suffered the loss of Egypt, Syria, and Palestine to the Arabs.
 Although the Byzantine Empire lost most of Asia Minor, it was able to successfully defend Egypt, Syria, and Palestine from Arab assaults.
 The Byzantine Empire was much stronger than the Sassanian Empire and was successfully able to reject the Islamic attacks until the ninth century.


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This indicates that this is an assignment.  Experts are not permitted to answer homeowrk /assignment questions, however I can suggest that you check any search engine and type part of the quetion ...it may provide help to find the answers.

Cordially,

IS

Answer
John,

If you read my profile you will understand. I taught world cultures almost 40 years and know almost every textbook by heart.   

Here is my profile:   

Along with teaching classical Literature for over thirty-eight years, I have also taught ancient history of the Greco-Roman cultures [as well as other cultures]. History and Mythology are, in my opinion, inseparable, so that it is necessary to have a background in both one should have a clear understanding of both ends of the spectrum, the myth and the fact.

History is my main field, ancient history which includes the histories of all the religions....and when one teaches history  the rise of a religion are included.

These very questions were in chapter 12 of my last textbook on this topic called:

The First Global Civilization:
Ch. 12  The Rise and Spread of Islam

As to your question about a trick, no trick, just some common sense, there are a variety of search engines that I requested my students use to research a variety of topics.  These search engines are:

Altavista.com
Alltheweb.com
Findwhat.com
HotBot.com
InfoSpace.com
Lycos.com
Google.com          
Mamma.com
Yahoo.com
Open Directory at dmoz.com
Ask Jeeves.com
Teoma.com
MSN Search.com
HotBot.com
Inktomi.com
Overture.com
Dogpile Metasearch at dogpile.com

……and so on ….  There are many more search engine to use but for the sake of brevity I have given you the best of them above.

As to what words to use .... think of what is the most important words in your questions …. Then type the words within quotes on any search engine and information  will come to you. You may have to search a bit, but you will get the information yiu are looking for.  Look always for the most important word in a question ... this will be the basis of your research.

It would be very easy for me to give you the answers, but what would you learn from a quick response with the answers?  Better that you learn how to do research, in an organized manner which will benefit you in many ways.

Hope that this has been of some help to you in your future studies,


Cordially,

IS