In 3-5 complete sentences, explain the difference between cultural blending and cultural diffucsion and summarize why these two things were possible under the Abbasid caliphate.
Use the "RAP" method to answer this question:
. Restate the question
• Answer the question
• Prove your answer citing textual evidence from the course.
Don't forget to proofread your answer.

Read the following: (1) liz has become more responsive to her partner's advances since a really beautiful woman moved in next door; (2) unable to accept his desire for other young men, 15-year-old juan immerses himself into his studies; (3) shauntel tells people that her coworker mary dislikes her; though if she were honest, shauntel would realize that it is actually she who dislikes mary; (4) "ben's nasty; he's disgusting," says renee; but renee secretly finds ben attractive. describe the defense mechanism he or she is using.