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Quiz for Sources of The Making of the West, Chapter 9

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Quiz for Chapter 9: From Centralization to Fragmentation, 750–1050

Document Links:

Document 9-1: General Capitulary for the Missi

Document 9-2: Liutprand of Cremona, Report to Otto I

Document 9-3: Harbaville Triptych

Document 9-4: Ahmad al-Ya‘qūbī, Kitāb al-buldān, (Ninth Century)

Document 9-5: Abū Bakr Muhammad ibn Zakarīyū Al-rāzī, A Treatise on the Small-Pox and Measles

Document 9-6: Fulbert of Chartres, Letter to William of Aquitaine

Question 9.1

1. According to General Capitulary for the Missi (Document 9-1), what did Charlemagne consider as essential to securing the unity of his empire?

A robust taxation system

An extensive administrative bureaucracy

Strong military capabilities

Unshakable personal allegiance

Question 9.2

2. Based on Liutprand’s description of the Byzantine court (Document 9-2), how did the Byzantine emperor see himself in relation to his European counterparts?

As the true heir of Rome

As an equal partner

As a political subordinate

As an indifferent observer

Question 9.3

3. Ahmad al-Ya’qubi’s description of Baghdad (Document 9-4) provides evidence that the city was a unifying force in the Islamic world because of its

Roman heritage.

cultural sophistication.

geographic features.

temperate climate.

Question 9.4

4. Which of these generalizations about the Islamic Renaissance does the Treatise on Small-Pox and Measles support (Document 9-5)?

Its audience was limited to scholarly circles.

It regarded Arabic sources as the most authoritative.

It drew on religious beliefs to explain natural phenomena.

It drew on classical texts as sources of knowledge.

Question 9.5

5. According to Fulbert’s letter (Document 9-6), how did local lords in post-Carolingian Europe secure the personal loyalty of their vassals?

Through land grants

By monetary compensation

With brute force

Through royal patronage