How and why does the Dome of the Rock incorporate aspects of earlier artistic traditions?
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1. The Dome of the Rock claimed a site holy to Jews and Christians and crowned it with an Islamic monument that incorporates aspects of these earlier artistic traditions in order to emphasize that Islam has superseded the prophesies of Judaism and Christianity.
2. Its centralized octagonal plan derives from Early Christian and Byzantine martyria.
3. The central space is covered by a dome and surrounded by two concentric aisles, or ambulators, that permit the visitor to circumambulate the rock.
4. It has mosaic friezes with inscriptions from the Qur'an and others that depicts thick, symmetrical vine scrolls and trees that can be interpreted as the gardens of Paradise.
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A. lords and peasants. B. lords and clerics. C. lords and vassals. D. popes and kings.
"It's not what you know, it's who you know" is an example of ____ power
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).