A description of the important gold and salt trade that went on in Northern Africa for hundreds of years. Goes on to detail the emergence of Timbuktu in Mali into a great center of Islamic scholarship and culture under Mansa Musa, who...

It is not far from the Tuluni Mosque, and is situated on the way that leads to the Mosque in the area of Al-Sayeda Zeinab. This area was one of the most important areas of Cairo, in the Mameluks' and Ottomans' eras. It was the most...

Jerusalem plays an important role in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. The 2000 Statistical Yearbook of Jerusalem lists 1204 synagogues, 158 churches, and 73 mosques within the city.Despite efforts to maintain peaceful religious...

A series of photos of various sites of religious importance in the city. It contains a full view of the city as seen from Mount Olive.

A series of photos of various sites of religious importance in the city. It contains a full view of the city as seen from Mount Olive.

The Parthenon is a temple of the Greek goddess Athena, built in the 5th century BC on the Athenian Acropolis. It is the most important surviving building of Classical Greece, generally considered to be the culmination of the development...