1. Muslim Cities of the Post-Classical Age
... the Post-Classical Age strengthened Islam by attributing its current prosperity to the blessings of Allah and the alleged arrival of saints. While Damascus wasn't strictly a Holy City of Islam, the map of "Muslim Holy Cities" (Doc #8) shows thirteen discrete Holy Cities, and most of them were under Muslim rule. Because Holy Cities were destinations of pilgrimages made by Muslims, they served important roles ... Muslim cities then were the center of religious powers of Islam and the core of Muslim science and literature. Iberian Muslim of Arab origin historian Andalusian's (Doc #2) wri...
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