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The ornate Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem, built by 'Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan to protect the site where Muhammad allegedly ascended into heaven, is completed. Work on this Islamic structure, designed to compete with Christian and Jewish sacred buildings in the city, was begun in the late 680s.
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