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On a hill near Urfa, people raise rings of huge carved stone pillars. It is one of the oldest known places of worship, older than farming.
How it touches Islam People gathered to worship before they farmed or wrote; the Quran says humans were created to worship (51:56).
Source: History
Borders come from Cliopatria, the open map of the Seshat Global History Databank (CC BY 4.0), and are approximate. Dates before 1000 BCE are estimates, and for the earliest prophets the Quran gives the order of events but not their years. Sources: the Quran, Sahih al-Bukhari and Muslim, the Seerah of Ibn Ishaq, Ibn Kathir's al-Bidaya wan-Nihaya, and standard histories. See also the villains of Islamic history, from Iblis to the Dajjal, and the library of people, nations, empires and places.
