Mecca Wikipedia audio article

This is an audio version of the Wikipedia Article: Mecca Listening is a more natural way of learning when compared to reading. Written language only began at around 3200 BC but spoken language has existed long ago. Learning by listening is a great way to: - increases imagination and understanding - improves your listening skills - improves your own spoken accent - learn while on the move - reduce eye strain Now learn the vast amount of general knowledge available on Wikipedia through audio audio article. You could even learn subconsciously by playing the audio while you are sleeping! If you are planning to listen a lot you could try using a bone conduction headphone or a standard speaker instead of an earphone. You can find other Wikipedia audio articles too at: You can upload your own Wikipedia articles through: The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing. - Socrates SUMMARY Mecca Arabic: مكة Makkah Hejazi pronunciation: ˈmakːa is a city in the Hejazi region of the Arabian Peninsula and the plain of Tihamah in Saudi Arabia and is also the capital and administrative headquarters of the Makkah Region. The city is located 70 km 43 mi inland from Jeddah in a narrow valley at a height of 277 m 909 ft above sea level and 340 kilometres 210 mi south of Medina. Its resident population in 2012 was roughly 2 million although visitors more than triple this number every year during the Ḥajj Arabic: حـج Pilgrimage period held in the twelfth Muslim lunar month of Dhūl-Ḥijjah Arabic: ذو الـحـجـة. As the birthplace of Muhammad and the site of Muhammads first revelation of the Quran specifically a cave 3 km 2 mi from Mecca Mecca is regarded as the holiest city in the religion of Islam and a pilgrimage to it known as the Hajj is obligatory for all able Muslims. Mecca is home to the Kaaba by majority description Islams holiest site as well as being the direction of Muslim prayer. Mecca was long ruled by Muhammads descendants the sharifs acting either as independent rulers or as vassals to larger polities. It was conquered by Ibn Saud in 1925. In its modern period Mecca has seen tremendous expansion in size and infrastructure home to structures such as the Abraj Al Bait also known as the Makkah Royal Clock Tower Hotel the worlds fourth tallest building and the building with the third largest amount of floor area. During this expansion Mecca has lost some historical structures and archaeological sites such as the Ajyad Fortress. Today more than 15 million Muslims visit Mecca annually including several million during the few days of the Hajj. As a result Mecca has become one of the most cosmopolitan cities in the Muslim world although non-Muslims are prohibited from entering the city.,

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