Dome of the Rock | Umayyad Caliphate, 7th Century

Not long after the Hagia Sophia was built, the Islamic Prophet Muhammed was born in the year 570 in Mecca in modern-day Saudi Arabia. From here, the Islamic world quickly expanded after his death in the 7th century with a succession of conquests establishing a series of caliphates—a territory or state under the rule of an Islamic leader otherwise known as a caliph. These conquests would decimate the Byzantine Empire and take control of the Middle East, Northern Africa and parts of Europe.

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The Dome of the Rock is an Islamic monument built in the 7th century during the Umayyad Caliphate once they had taken control of Jerusalem. It is the third most sacred site of Islam after Mecca and Medina and is located just meters from the Western Wall. In addition to the Jewish and Islamic sites in Jerusalem’s old city, the Church of the Holy Sepulchre is Christianity’s most holy site; it is said to contain Jesus’s tomb, which lies empty after his resurrection.

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