HELP During the Abbasid dynasty, where did scholars gather to study within the empire?

Baghdad
China
India
Istanbul

Interest groups representing businesses and investors are often among the most successful lobbying groups for all of the following reasons, except a. such groups have the financial resources to mount sustained campaigns on their own behalf b. these groups' members contribute heavily to many legislators' campaigns and in so doing gain greater access to legislators c. these groups have often been in existence for decades, allowing them to both master the legislative system and develop close ties with legislators d. the members of these groups make up the majority of voters in many districts

The mongols were descendants of a. pastoral nomadic tribes b. tibetan tribes c. shang nobility

Atsar was a russian leader in early 1900 who was similar to a?