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From a Photograph by C. F. Tyrwhitt Drake, Esq.] [Frontispiece.
THE DOME OF THE ROCK.
Very few words are needed to introduce this volume.It is intended to give a history of the city of Jerusalemfrom about the year 30 to the present time. This periodincludes the siege and capture by Titus, the last revolts ofthe Jews, the Christian occupation of three hundred years,the Mohammedan conquest, the building by the Mo