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Some things that happened while Solomon's temple was still standing on Mount Moriah:
Erik the Red colonizes Greenland (985-986)
The peak of the Bulgarian Empire (927)
Kingdom of England becomes a unified state (927)
Song dynasty reunites China (979)

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10th Century - 7 Historical Events that took place in the 10th Century - HistoryColored

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Learn about 7 key events that took place throughout the tenth century (900s) in Europe, the Asia, and other parts of the world.

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PAFA - Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts

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Alsatian-born Schussele studied at the Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris with artists Paul Delaroche and Adolph Yvon until the Revolution of 1848 compelled him in immigrate to America. His brilliantly colored chromolithographs won him widespread admiration, even attracting the attention of Queen Victoria. Schussele began showing paintings at the Pennsylvania Academy in 1851, and by the end of the decade was a prominent figure in the Philadelphia art community. From 1868 until 1879, Schussele taught painting and drawing in the Academy school. A staunch believer in traditional academic training, he represented the conservative conventions against which Thomas Eakins rebelled. Even though Schussele emphasized drawing from casts rather than live models (a major point of contention for the younger Eakins) the Academy collection houses dozens of life drawings attributed to him. Schussele may have executed these sensitive academic drawings as studies for his dramatic historical or biblical paintings. "King Solomon and the Iron Worker" typifies these popular epics, depicting a dramatic moment from rabbinical legend, almost as a theatrical scene with exotic costumes and props. A lowly laborer, excluded from the dedication of a grand temple, has burst in pointing out that without the tools he had made the temple could not have been built. Conceding the ironworker's right to take part in the celebration, Solomon gives him a position of honor at the right of the throne.

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Christian Schussele, "King Solomon and the Iron Worker" (1863) | PAFA - Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts

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Christian Schussele, "King Solomon and the Iron Worker" (1863). Oil on canvas, 44 x 62 1/4 in. (111.76 x 158.115 cm.). Funds provided by an Anonymous Donor (1990.15). No known copyright restrictions. Alsatian-born Schussele studied at the Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris with artists Paul Delaroche and Adolph Yvon until the Revolution of 1848 compelled him in immigrate to America.

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Arabic QUBBAT AS-SAKHRAH, also erroneously referred to as the MOSQUE OF OMAR, this shrine in Jerusalem is the oldest extant Islamic monument. The rock over which the shrine was built is sacred to both Muslims and Jews. The Prophet Muhammad, founder of Islam, is traditionally believed to have ascended into heaven from the site. In Jewish tradition, it is here that Abraham, the progenitor and first patriarch of the Hebrew people, is said to have prepared to sacrifice his son Isaac. The Dome and Al-Aqsa Mosque are both located on the Temple Mount, the site of Solomon's Temple and its successors.

The Dome of the Rock was built between AD 685 and 691 by the caliph 'Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan, not as a mosque for public worship but rather as a mashhad, a shrine for pilgrims. It is virtually the first monumental building in Islamic history and is of considerable aesthetic and architectural importance; it is rich with mosaic, faience, and marble, much of which was added several centuries after its completion. Basically octagonal, the Dome of the Rock is more typically Roman or Byzantine than Islamic. A wooden dome--approximately 60 feet (18 m) in diameter and mounted on an elevated drum--rises above a circle of 16 piers and columns. Surrounding this circle is an octagonal arcade of 24 piers and columns. The outer walls repeat this octagon, each of the eight sides being approximately 60 feet (18 m) wide and 36 feet (11 m) high. Both the dome and the exterior walls contain many windows.

Christians and Muslims in the European Middle Ages believed the Dome itself to be the Temple of Solomon (Templum Domini). The Knights Templars were quartered there in the Crusades, and Templar churches in Europe imitated its plan.

Links to images and information on the Dome of the Rock/Qubbat as-sakhra :

http://www.sacredsites.com/middle_east/israel/jerusalem.html

http://www.islamic-awareness.org/History/Islam/Dome_Of_The_Rock/

http://archnet.org/library/sites/one-site.tcl?site_id=41

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Arabic QUBBAT AS-SAKHRAH, also erroneously referred to as the MOSQUE OF OMAR, this shrine in Jerusalem is the oldest extant Islamic monument. The rock over which the shrine was built is sacred to both Muslims and Jews. The Prophet Muhammad, founder of Islam, is traditionally believed to have ascended into heaven from the site.

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He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty.

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In 960 BC, King Solomon finished building the First Temple as a place of revelation between God and humans, and a place to hold the Ark of the Covenant. Almost 400 years later, in 596 BC, the Babylonians invaded Jerusalem and destroyed the temple, leaving nothing behind.

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There is no evidence of the temple due to the temple mount, Mount Moriah, which currently has The Dome of the Rock, and the Al-Aqsa Mosque.

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Solomon's temple is located at Mount Moriah, Jerusalem

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“As for this temple you are building, if you follow my decrees, carry out my regulations, and keep all my commands and obey them, I will fulfill through you the promise I gave to David your father. And I will live among the Israelites and will not abandon my people Israel." So Solomon built the temple and completed it. (1 Kings: 12-14)

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Solomon and the Ironworker are about an iron worker, excluded from the temple's dedication, barging in and telling Solomon that the temple would have never been built without him. Solomon then decides to give the worker a place of honor.