Complete the sentence about Amedi with the correct year: According to ibn al-Athir, the Arabic name "ʿAmadiyya" is eponymous to Imad al-Din Zengi, who built a Citadel in ______ on the site of an earlier fortification called āšib.
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: B. 1142
By Ibn al-Athir's account, the Arabic name Amadiyya comes from Imad al-Din Zengi, who built a citadel in 1142 on the site of an earlier fortification. Amedi is on a mesa in the Great Zab valley.
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