Chess is a game played by two people on a chessboard, with sixteen pieces of six types for each player. Each type of piece moves in a distinct way. The goal of the game is to checkmate â that is, to threaten the opponent's king with inevitable capture.
Inscriptions on the Done of the Rock, Jerusalem. Because research was done via Internet, to demonstrate accuracy, two translations are provided. The first translation can be found on an Islamic website and the second can be found on the site of a history professor at the University of Victoria, Canada.
The dome, considered the Romansâ greatest architectural achievement, is the largest unreinforced concrete dome ever built. Hadrian's temple was dedicated to the classical gods â hence the name Pantheon, a derivation of the Greek words pan (all) and theos (god) â but in AD 608 it was consecrated as a Christian church.