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