Muawiyah (about 602-680), founder of the Umayyad dynasty, moved the caliphate's capital to

A. Damascus.
B. Baghdad.
C. Cairo.
D. Jerusalem.

A

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The Kuleshov effect is based on the use of editing to:

A. create a new idea or argumentative position out of the juxtaposition of two completely dissimilar shots. B. replicate or suggest the mental activity of characters. C. leave out a scene's establishing shot and lead the spectator to infer spatial or temporal continuity from the shots of separate elements. D. smooth over the potential rupture for the spectator caused by a shift in time or location.

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