Mecca
City in Saudi Arabia
Name:
Mecca
Aliases:
Start year:
1947
First issue:
Picture Stories from World History (1947) #2
The Holiest City in the religion of Islam. The site of the Ka'aba, a cuboid temple that is the holiest site in the religion of Islam and the location to which every Muslim must make a pilgrimage at least once in their lifetime. Mecca is the birthplace of the prophet Mohammed and is the city in which he composed the Koran.
