- 1. Which region did Saladin conquer after Egypt?
A) Persia
B) Arabia
C) Syria
D) Anatolia
- 2. What was the title held by Saladin in his conquests?
A) Caliph
B) Emperor
C) King
D) Sultan
- 3. Saladin is best known for his victory in which battle?
A) Battle of Tours
B) Battle of Marathon
C) Battle of Hattin
D) Battle of Agincourt
- 4. Which European military campaign was impacted by Saladin's conquest of Jerusalem?
A) First Crusade
B) Mongol Invasion
C) Fourth Crusade
D) Third Crusade
- 5. Which dynasty did Saladin establish during his conquests?
A) Abbasid
B) Umayyad
C) Fatimid
D) Ayyubid
- 6. Who was the European leader who faced Saladin during the Third Crusade?
A) King Arthur
B) Julius Caesar
C) Charlemagne
D) Richard the Lionheart
- 7. Which religious group did Saladin treat with respect after the capture of Jerusalem?
A) Zoroastrians
B) Hindus
C) Christians
D) Jews
- 8. What was Saladin's relationship with his key military commander, Shirkuh?
A) Cousin
B) Uncle
C) Father
D) Brother
- 9. Who portrayed Saladin in the movie 'Kingdom of Heaven'?
A) Russell Crowe
B) Ghassan Massoud
C) Liam Neeson
D) Orlando Bloom
- 10. Which city does Saladin's tomb reside in?
A) Damascus
B) Cairo
C) Jerusalem
D) Mecca
- 11. Who was the famous military leader that conquered Egypt and Syria in the 12th century?
A) Napoleon Bonaparte
B) Genghis Khan
C) Alexander the Great
D) Saladin
- 12. In which century did Saladin conquer Egypt and Syria?
A) 13th century
B) 10th century
C) 15th century
D) 12th century
- 13. What was Saladin's ethnicity?
A) Turkish
B) Arab
C) Persian
D) Kurdish
- 14. Which city did Saladin capture in 1187, leading to the Third Crusade?
A) Jerusalem
B) Baghdad
C) Alexandria
D) Damascus
- 15. What was the primary religion of Saladin?
A) Christianity
B) Judaism
C) Shia Islam
D) Sunni Islam
- 16. Which Egyptian city became the political and cultural center of the Ayyubid dynasty under Saladin's rule?
A) Alexandria
B) Giza
C) Luxor
D) Cairo
- 17. What was the name of the Sultan of the Seljuk Sultanate who appointed Saladin as the vizier of Egypt?
A) Muhammad Tapar
B) Nur ad-Din
C) Malik Shah
D) Alp Arslan
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