Question
A king of Aksum identified as “Najashi” and the Visigoth king Roderic are depicted in the damaged Painting of the Six Kings fresco in one of these places. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name these places, one of which the Mshatta Facade was taken from. An ostracon with the name “Hisham” inspired the name of one of these places that were largely located in Bilad al-Sham, or Islamic Syria.
ANSWER: desert castles [accept, but DO NOT REVEAL, Umayyad desert castles; prompt on castles or qasr; prompt on palaces]
[10m] The construction of desert castles largely ended after this event. Ibn Surayj’s revolt facilitated this event, whose leader flew the Black Standard.
ANSWER: Abbasid Revolution [or Ath-thawra al-Abbasiyya; accept the fall of the Umayyad dynasty; prompt on the Third Fitna]
[10e] The locations of the desert castles have led scholars to theorize that they may have acted as caravanserais, which were rest stops primarily along this network of trade routes connecting Europe and Asia.
ANSWER: Silk Road [accept the Silk Routes]
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Summary
| 2024 ARGOS @ Brandeis | 03/22/2025 | Y | 3 | 13.33 | 100% | 33% | 0% |
| 2024 ARGOS @ Chicago | 11/23/2024 | Y | 6 | 13.33 | 100% | 33% | 0% |
| 2024 ARGOS @ Christ's College | 12/14/2024 | Y | 3 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| 2024 ARGOS @ Columbia | 11/23/2024 | Y | 3 | 16.67 | 100% | 67% | 0% |
| 2024 ARGOS @ McMaster | 11/17/2024 | Y | 5 | 18.00 | 100% | 80% | 0% |
| 2024 ARGOS @ Stanford | 02/22/2025 | Y | 3 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| 2024 ARGOS Online | 03/22/2025 | Y | 3 | 16.67 | 100% | 67% | 0% |
Data
| number of tang poems = 75 times number of lines in a shi = 100 times number of lines in a haiku | Where are the ACF Nationals recordings? | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| A is for Amy Robsart who fell down the stairs | Cry of the Common Loon | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| Berkeley | Stanford+ | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |