Umm ar-Rasas yakachinjwa kuva nzvimbo yechechi ine machechi mazhinji eByzantine. Pakati pezvakakurumbira zvakawanikwa zvakafukunurwa paUmm ar-Rasas iChechi yaSaint Stephen, iyo inoratidzira mifananidzo yakajeka uye yakaoma kunzwisisa. Kuwanikwa kwezvinyorwa zvechiGiriki mukati mezvidhori zvitsvene kunosimbiswa kunosvika ku756-785 C.E. Zuva racho rinobatana nenguva yeMuslim Abbasid Caliphate inotonga nzvimbo dzechiKristu pamwe nekubatana neMusiki wavo. Nhamba yevafambi yakasimbiswa muzana ramakore rechishanu C.E., uye maKristu mazhinji akasarudza kugara murenje vachigadzira nharaunda dzemamongi.
Palestine, Jordan, uye pedyo neNile Delta