- 1. Which famous battle did Salah ad-Din win against the Crusaders in 1187?
A) Battle of Lepanto
B) Battle of Hattin
C) Battle of Manzikert
D) Battle of Tours
- 2. Which city served as the capital of the Ayyubid dynasty?
A) Damascus
B) Baghdad
C) Mecca
D) Cairo
- 3. What was the ethnic background of the founder of the Ayyubid dynasty?
A) Turkish
B) Persian
C) Kurdish
D) Arab
- 4. In which year did the Ayyubid dynasty officially come to an end?
A) 1204
B) 1260
C) 1325
D) 1279
- 5. What title did Salah ad-Din give himself after taking control of Egypt?
A) Caliph
B) Emir
C) Vizier
D) Sultan
- 6. What was the primary religion of the Ayyubid dynasty?
A) Judaism
B) Shia Islam
C) Sunni Islam
D) Orthodox Christianity
- 7. Which city did Salah ad-Din capture from the Crusaders in 1187?
A) Acre
B) Antioch
C) Constantinople
D) Jerusalem
- 8. Which military order was founded in response to the Ayyubid conquest of Jerusalem in 1187?
A) Hospitallers
B) Knights Templar
C) Sovereign Military Order of Malta
D) Teutonic Knights
- 9. Who succeeded Salah ad-Din as the ruler of the Ayyubid dynasty?
A) Al-Ashraf Musa
B) Al-Adil I
C) Al-Aziz Uthman
D) Al-Salih Ayyub
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