by hadassah | Oct 6, 2008 | Early Arab Period
The Caliphate in 750 Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection at the University of Texas at Austin What do you want to know? Ask our AI widget and get answers from this website Create Account Contact...
by hadassah | Sep 25, 2008 | Early Arab Period, The State and the Jews
Edict of the Expulsion of the Jews from Spain, 1492 The Alhambra decree, an edict of expulsion was issued against the Jews of Spain by Ferdinand and Isabella. It ordered all Jews of whatever age to leave the kingdom by the last day of July, 1942. 1) King...
by hadassah | Sep 23, 2008 | Early Arab Period
Coin of Theophilus, c. 830-838 CE Silver coin (miliaresion) of Theophilus, stray find from the Lower City of Amorium, Turkey. Theophilos was Byzantine emperor from 829 to 842 CE and the second ruler of the Amorian dynasty. He was an energetic ruler known for...
by hadassah | Sep 23, 2008 | Early Arab Period
Mosque of Omar Inscription, 11th century Fatimid inscription forbidding non-Muslims to enter the mosque erected on the alleged site of the caliph Umar’s prayer in the Church of the Holy Sepulcher. Museum of Antiquities, Istanbul Prawer, Joshua and Haggai...
by hadassah | Sep 23, 2008 | Early Arab Period
Destruction of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, 1009 Caliph al-Hakin ordered the destruction of all churches in Jerusalem, including the Holy Sepulchre. Christians were forbidden to visit the Church’s ruins. It took almost forty years for the Byzantine...
by hadassah | Sep 23, 2008 | Early Arab Period
Hisham’s Palace, 724-743 The Ummayad Dynasty invested a lot of money in construction in both Jerusalem and Jericho. During the reign of el-Hisham, the construction of an elaborate palace about one mile northeast of the tell of Jericho was begun. The complex...
