Hisham's Palace in Jericho

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James Blake Wiener
by Ramzi Hassan
published on 26 November 2018

Hisham’s Palace is an Umayyad structure that is listed among the last of the surviving antiquities of Romans and Byzantines. It was built by Walid Ibn Yazid in 734 CE near Jericho in the Jordan Valley during the reign of Caliph Hisham Ibn Abdelmalik between 724-743 CE.

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Hassan, R. (2018, November 26). Hisham's Palace in Jericho. World History Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.worldhistory.org/image3d/383/hishams-palace-in-jericho/

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