Lattakia, SANA- Representing an architectural landmark inside the city, al-Mansouri Grand Mosque in old Jableh is a testimony for the ancient Syrian civilization. The mosque dates back to 1095 and ...
Caliph Al-Mansur ordered the building of Baghdad between AD762 and AD767 ... It was part of the Great Mosque of Samarra which was the largest mosque in the world at the time.
In Baghdad, the Abbasid caliph created a centre of learning which was known as the House of Wisdom, or the Grand Library of Baghdad ... from across the world. Mosque design influenced gothic ...