... societies and more importantly, the wider Muslim world. Muslim cities in the Post-Classical Age played important roles as centers of Muslim culture because they were highly honored as Muslim Holy Cities and heart of Islam religious power, and produced science and poetry that attracted people ... Damascus as a highly honored, blessed, and heavenly city of Allah where Jesus and Mary took refuge in reflects the city's importance in Islam culture as a religious sacred site, which shows that Muslim cities during the Post-Classical Age strengthened Islam by attributing its current prosperity ...

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