Panorama of Mecca, 1845, from the Muhammad then returned to Medina, after assigning ' as governor of the city | The Greek historian writes about Arabia in the 1st century BCE in his work , describing a holy shrine: "And a temple has been set up there, which is very holy and exceedingly revered by all Arabians" |
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The Year of the Elephant 570 CE The "" is the name in history for the year approximately equating to 550-552 , when, according to Islamic sources such as , Abraha descended upon Mecca, riding an elephant, with a large army after building a at , named al-Qullays in honor of the of | It has been reported that there are now fewer than 20 structures remaining in Mecca that date back to the time of Muhammad |
However, the geographic location Diodorus describes is located in northwest Arabia, around the area of , within the former and Roman province of.
However, other scholars such as Glen W | 24 September 2014 at the , 20 January 2005 |
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On 24 September 2015, 700 pilgrims in a stampede at during the stoning-the-Devil ritual at Jamarat | The first unambiguous reference to Mecca in external literature occurs in 741 CE, in the Byzantine-Arab Chronicle, though here the author wrongly places it in Mesopotamia rather than the Hejaz |
Healthcare [ ] Healthcare is provided by the Saudi government free-of-charge to all pilgrims | Mecca is primarily served by in for international and regional connections and for regional connections |
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Its last recorded population was 1,578,722 in 2015 | Battuta describes the Ka'bah as an important part of Mecca due to the fact that many people make the pilgrimage to it |
However, the lead elephant, known as Mahmud, is said to have stopped at the boundary around Mecca and refused to enter.
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