Stelae Park in Axum

The Axum Obelisk is ACTUALLY a stele - aka the Rome Stele

An obelisk has a pyramidal top

Rock-cut churches of Bet Giorgis

Kilwa Kisiwani

The slave market of Kilwa Kisiwani

Great Zimbabwe

Great Zimbabwe

Great Zimbabwe

The Dogon huts of Mali

The Dogon huts of Mali

The Dogon huts of Mali

Djinguereber Mosque of Timbuktu

Djinguereber Mosque of Timbuktu

Sankore Mosque of Timbuktu

Mande or Mali Empire

Map of the Sahel and principal cities

Askia Mohammed's tomb in Gao

Askia Mohammed's tomb in Gao

First Temple in Jerusalem

First Temple in Jerusalem

Temple Mount

Second Temple in Jerusalem

Second Temple in Jerusalem

Destruction of Jerusalem by the Romans

Temple Mount

Temple Mount showing location of western wall

western wall

Islamic conquests three generations after Mohammed

The Kaaba in Mecca

Tmeple Mount again

Dome fo the Rock built about 690 CE

ablaq masonry

horseshoe arch

iwan arch

Great Mosque of Damascus

Great Mosque of Damascus