Major Historical Empires of the Middle East: Multiple Choice

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01The Battle of Manzikert in 1071 was a pivotal defeat for the Byzantine Empire against which rising Turkic power?
02The Umayyad Caliphate moved the capital of the Islamic empire from the Arabian Peninsula to which city?
03The Safavid Empire is renowned for establishing which branch of Islam as the state religion of Persia (modern Iran)?
04The Hittite Empire, centered in Anatolia, was a pioneer in the early use of what metal for weaponry?
05The Sasanian Empire was the last pre-Islamic Persian empire and the primary rival of which other major power?
06The 'Golden Age of Islam' is most associated with which Caliphate, centered in its capital of Baghdad?
07The Neo-Assyrian Empire, known for its military might and vast conquests, had its heartland in which modern-day country?
08The famous legal text, the Code of Hammurabi, originated from which ancient Mesopotamian empire?
09After conquering Constantinople in 1453, which empire made the city its capital?
10Which sultanate, based in Egypt, famously halted the Mongol advance at the Battle of Ain Jalut in 1260?
11The Parthian Empire rose to power in Persia by overthrowing which Hellenistic successor state of Alexander the Great's empire?
12Which leader founded the Achaemenid Empire, often considered the first great Persian Empire?