sep 21, 500 - Mecca
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Mecca was a city located along the Red Sea in the Arabian Peninsula and was founded by the Umayyad clan of Quraysh. Mecca was the original home of Muhammad and was a major trade center as well as a major religious center. It was important because it was the center of trade in the region and also it had the Ka'ba in it. The Ka'ba was the most revered religious shrines in pre-Islamic Arabia and many people took pilgrimages their. Mecca was a very important city that held a lot of power and was the center of religion and trade in the Arabian Peninsula area.
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