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Achievements of Fatimids:


Egypt become the………center of the Fatimid empire.
a) political                                            
b) cultural
c) religious                            
d) all of these

d

The capital of Fatimid was…………………..
a) Cairo               
b) Algiers              
c) Luanda            

a

Seminaries Al-Azhar and DarulHikmah  was situated in……….
a) Saint John’s 
b) Cairo      
c) Luanda            

b

The Fatimid caliphs were great patrons of……
a) science                                             
b) geography
c) astronomy                       
d) all of these

d

Who encouraged research in the field of astronomy and geography?
a) Fatimid              
b) Al-Mahdi      
c) Seljuk                               

a

Explanation:An astrolabe (instrument  for measuring altitude of the sun and stars at sea) kept in the British Museum in London was developed in Cairo.