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In 748 AD, following the Arab conquest,
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the temples were transformed into a
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citadel surrounded and consolidated by
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powerful fortifications. During later
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centuries, Baalbeck passed successively
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from the domination of the Omeyyades to
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the hands of Abbassides, Tulunides,
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Fatimides and Ayyoubides.