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