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Christianity is an Abrahamic monotheistic religion based on the Bible and the teachings of Jesus. The Gospels state that Jesus is the Son of God and rose from the dead after his crucifixion, whose com
The Church of the Holy Sepulchre in the Christian Quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem, a holy place of Christianity
The Cenacle on Mount Zion in Jerusalem, claimed to be the location of the Last Supper and Pentecost
A folio from Papyrus 46, an early-3rd-century collection of Pauline epistles
The 7th-century Khor Virap monastery in the shadow of Mount Ararat; Armenia was the first state to adopt Christianity as the state religion in the early 4th century AD.
Islam
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Islam is an Abrahamic religion based on the Quran and the teachings of Muhammad. The monotheistic religion has an estimated 2 billion worldwide adherents, called Muslims. Islam is the world's second-l
Christianity
…in Europe, and the cultural impact of Byzantine art on the West during this period was enormous and of long-lasting significance. The later rise of Islam in North Africa reduced the size and numbers of Christian congregations, leaving in large numbers only the Coptic Church in Egypt, the Ethiopian Orthodox…
The Kaaba at Masjid al-Haram in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, the holiest Islamic site
al Fatiha (The Opener), a surah from the Quran
Calligraphy showing the word Allah in Arabic in Hagia Sophia
A Quran manuscript resting on a rehal, a book rest for the holy text, c. 9th century