Part A What is a central idea of "Harun al-Rashid & One Thousand and One Nights"? Harun al-Rashid was a powerful military leader and his empire extended from Morocco to India. Harun al-Rashid became the caliph of an Islamic state and held power for more than two decades. Harun al-Rashid was a prominent ruler who expanded the cultural and intellectual growth of the Middle East. During al-Rashid's rule, knowledge and education were prized and supported in the Middle East. Question 2 Part B Which evidence from the text best supports the answer in Part A? "[House of Wisdom] became the center of the academic world, a haven for thinkers who made advances in everything from astronomy to zoology." "Similarly, schools known as madrasas welcomed students from both near and far during al-Rashid’s reign." "Harun al-Rashid’s reign included a number of military campaigns, but it was generally peaceful." "Harum al-Rashid supported these developments, and so it is not surprising that his reign is widely considered to be the start of what is now known as the Islamic Golden Age." PLEASE HELP ASAP

Which sentence has an incorrect shift in pronoun-antecedent agreement? a) each teacher needs to be paired up. b) each man needs to carry his own load. c) each of these women runs their own business. d) each child should bring his or her own lunch.

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3. cite evidence the author cites several statistics in the section "why protest? "what are some of these statistics, and what is their function in the document?