Religious Wars and Trade Competition

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What was the primary cause of the conflict between the Christian Kingdom and the Muslim Sultanates?

  • Religious supremacy wars
  • Competition and struggle for control over the trade routes (correct)
  • Demographic pressure among Afar and Somali pastoralists
  • Corruption and anarchy among the Muslim Sultanates

Who provided ideological justification for the wars between the Christian Kingdom and the Muslim Sultanates?

  • Christian and Muslim clerics (correct)
  • Imam Ahmed Ibn Ibrahim al-Ghazi
  • Corrupt leaders of the Muslim Sultanates
  • Garad Abun of Adal

Where was Imam Ahmed Ibn Ibrahim al-Ghazi born and raised?

  • Zeila, an oasis on the route to Dire Dawa
  • Somali pastoralist area
  • Hubet, between Dire Dawa and Jigjiga (correct)
  • Christian Kingdom

What intensified the internal strife, corruption, and anarchy among the Muslim Sultanates?

<p>Leadership crisis (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What made military mobilization possible in the conflict between the Christian Kingdom and the Muslim Sultanates?

<p>Competition and struggle for control over the trade routes (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What did Garad Abun of Adal call for during his few years in power?

<p>Islamic Puritanism (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Who fell to Imam Ahmed's army in 1520?

<p>Adal (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What was one of the Imam's remarkable achievements in leadership?

<p>Mobilizing the pastoral communities to unite and expand to the Christian Kingdom (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What led to raiding and counter-raiding at water holes or animal rustling intensifying between the 13th and 16th centuries?

<p>Overgrazing and increased population in Somali and Afar of eastern Ethiopia (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What was Lebne-Dengel's age when he was enthroned?

<p>Eleven (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What did the Imam convince the pastoral communities to do?

<p>Unite and expand to the Christian Kingdom (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What was the main cause of the conflict between the Muslim pastoralists and the Christian army?

<p>Expansion to high plateaus for better pasturelands (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What was one of the Imam's remarkable achievements in leadership?

<p>Uniting pastoral communities and mobilizing them for a common cause (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What led to intensified raiding and counter-raiding at water holes or animal rustling between the 13th and 16th centuries?

<p>Increased population and overgrazing in eastern Ethiopia (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What was the primary cause of the conflict between the Christian Kingdom and the Muslim Sultanates?

<p>Scarcity of pasturelands and water resources (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What made it difficult for lowland Muslim pastoralists to expand to high plateaus in the 13th-16th centuries?

<p>Opposition from the Christian army (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What did Imam Ahmed's refusal to pay tribute lead to in 1527?

<p>A military campaign against the Christian Kingdom (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What was the significant achievement of Lebne-Dengel's reign?

<p>Scoring significant victories into Muslim territory (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What was the main reason behind the competition and struggle for control over trade routes between the Christian Kingdom and the Muslim principalities?

<p>Interest to control trade routes (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Who provided ideological justification for the wars between the Christian Kingdom and the Muslim Sultanates?

<p>Imam Ahmed Ibn Ibrahim al-Ghazi (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What intensified the internal strife, corruption, and anarchy among the Muslim Sultanates?

<p>Inadequate leadership (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Where was Imam Ahmed Ibn Ibrahim al-Ghazi born and raised?

<p>Between Dire Dawa and Jigjiga (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Who fell to Imam Ahmed's army in 1520?

<p>Garad Abun of Adal (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What did Garad Abun of Adal call for during his few years in power?

<p>Islamic Puritanism (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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