CHAPTER 6

THE ISLAM 622

670-632
Prophet Muhammad, Founder of Islam

632-661
Age of the four so called "ABU BAKAR, OMAR, UTHMAN and ALI.

661-750
OMAYYAD DYNASTY.

732
"Charles martel defects the Arabs at Porteirs, end of Muslim expansion into Europe.

ROMANESQUE

Roman architecture produced the first monumental buildings since the decline of the Ancient Classical world.
The Roman Style was primarily applied to sacral architecture ( church, monasteries )

773
Frankish Empire.

800
Charlemagne crowned emperor.

920
Foundation of the Colter Empire in central Mexico.

1066
Battle of Hasting Norman conquest of England.

Photo, exterior from above

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The dome of St. Mark's in Venice, one of the largest Romanesque Churches, Dating from the 11th century.

South transept of Tournai Cathedral, Belgium, 12th century.

The Cathedral of Saint-Front, Perigueux, France, has five domes like Byzantine churches, but is Romanesque in construction.

Charlemagne was crowned by the Pope in St Peter's Basilica on Christmas Day in the year AD 800, with an aim to re-establishing the old Western Roman Empire.

The Romanesque Abbey of Sénanque, France, is surrounded by monastic buildings of various dates.