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Document B: Fred Donner (Excerpted from Original)
1. (Sourcing) What type of document is this? What is its purpose? (5 points)
2. (Close Reading) What was the purpose of the gift-giving that the author describes? (5
points)
3. (Corroboration): How is the account of Muslim expansion this document different from the
accounts in Document A? (20 points)
4. Do you think this document is a reliable source for determining how the
caliphates expanded in the 7
th
and 8
th
centuries? Why or Why not? (20 points
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