Damascus-General
Where is Damascus?
South western Syria
Damascus is along what historically major road?
Silk road
The Umayyad Mosque was originally what?
A church
Where is Kufa?
Central Iraq
When was the Mosque of Kufa built?
7th century
Damascus has or is the oldest what?
Damascus is the oldest inhabited city in the world
When was Damascus founded?
Around 4000 B.C.E.
The Umayyad Mosque was built by who
The Byzantine Empire
What is the population of Kufa
110,000 people
How big is the Mosque of kufa?
120,000 sqft
Damascus is the capital of what country?
Syria
Name 2 countries/empires Damascus was apart of
The Kingdom Of Aram Damascus, Assyrian Empire, Neo-Babylonians, Ancient Greece, Accamanic Persian Empire, Byzantine Empire, Roman Empire, The Ottoman Empire, France, Syria
The Mosque hold the head of who?
John the Baptist
Kufa is along what river?
Euphrates river
Name 2 countries/empires that Kufa was apart of
Byzantine Empire, Ottoman Empire, British Empire, United States, Iraq
About what is the population of Damascus?
2 million
When Damascus was a city state it was called what?
Kingdom Of Aram Damascus
The Umayyad Mosque is which holy site?
4th holy site of Islam
Kufa is the resting place of who?
Some of Mohammed`s family members
Kufa was originally what type of city?
a garrison city