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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 92. Chapters: Mecca, Medina, Riyadh, Khamis Mushait, Yanbu, Jeddah, Dammam, Ha'il, Unaizah, Uqair, Ta'if, Dhahran, Al Bahah, King Abdullah Economic City, Najran, Diriyah, Qatif, Sanabes, Khafji, Abha, Abqaiq, List of cities and towns in Saudi Arabia, Jubail, Turubah, Jazan Economic City, Knowledge Economic City, Medina, Hafar Al-Batin, Tabuk, Saudi Arabia, Udhailiyah, Ras Tanura, Khobar, Shaybah, Tayma, Al-Awamiyah, Hofuf, Hautat Sudair, Buraidah, Duba, 'Uyayna, Ar Rass, Saihat, Al-Ula, Al-Kharj, Rabigh, Al Bir, Arar, Haql, Rumailah, Haradh, Ras Al-Zour, Ushaiger, Al Majma'ah, Mahd adh Dhahab, Dhurma, Yalamlam, Harmah, Badr, Shaqraa, Sudair Industrial City, List of Saudi cities by GDP per capita, Baljurashi, Habala, Ad Dawadimi, Afif, Dawadmi, Layla, Al-Abwa, Al-Jaroudiya, Thuwal, Thadig, Al Wajh, Al-Thuqbah, Skaka, Almardmah, Al-Muzahmiyya, Prince Abdul Aziz bin Mousaed Economic City, Qadeimah, Um Al-Sahek, Dahaban, Al Qunfudhah, Tharmada'a, Bisha, Tanomah, Sharurah, As Sulayyil, Jalamid, Wadi ad-Dawasir, Ha'ir, Turaif, Al-Haditha, Saudi Arabia, Al Lith, Hajrah, Al-Gway'iyyah, Qurayyat, Saudi Arabia, Safwa City, Samtah, Az Zaimah, Mastoorah, Jalajil, Hotat Bani Tamim, Wadi Faran, Zabirah, Rafha, Jabal Umm al Ru'us, Al-Ghat, Qaisumah, Al-Hareeq. Excerpt: Mecca (; also spelled Makkah or Bakkah;; Arabic: and in full: or, IPA: ) is a city in the Makkah province of Saudi Arabia. Islamic tradition attributes the beginning of Mecca to Ishmael's descendants. In the 7th century, the Islamic prophet Muhammad proclaimed Islam in the city which was by then an important trading center. After 966, Mecca was led by local sharifs. When the authority of the Ottoman Empire in the area collapsed in 1916, the local rulers established the Hashemite Kingdom of Hejaz. The Hejaz kingdom, including Mecca, was absorbed by the Saudis in 1925. In its...
