Multiple Choice
Which of the following accurately describes Abbasid culture?
A) The Abbasid rulers ordered the burning of all non-Muslim books and the execution of anyone found to possess these banned books.
B) The Abbasids encouraged mathematicians, who pioneered advances in arithmetic, geometry, algebra, and trigonometry.
C) The Abbasids believed correct knowledge of the world began with the birth of Muhammad; therefore, it was pointless to study the pre-Islamic past.
D) The Abbasids absorbed the European invention of paper, allowing for the mass production of the Quran.
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