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مكة (Makkah)1

مكة (Makkah) has just over a million and a half residents,2 but is the geographic center of Islam. All Moslems must try to make pilgrammage to the city, and circle the Kaaba (Cube) within the Masjid (Mosque) al-Haram; the Kaaba houses a holy meteorite. The tallest building is the Makkah Clock Royal Tower (not yet finished) at 95 stories.3

YearPopulationPolitical entity
800 CE80,0004part of the al-Khilafah al-'Abbasiyyah al-Islamiyyah (Abbasid Empire)
1100 CE40,0004part of the al-Fātimiyyūn (Fatimid Empire)
1800 CE25,0004part of the Devlet-i Âliye-yi Osmâniyye (Ottoman Empire)
1900 CE60,0004part of the Devlet-i Âliye-yi Osmâniyye (Ottoman Empire)
2000 CE1,547,3602part of العربية السعودية (al-'Arabīyah as-Su'ūdīyah, Saudi Arabia)

External references

Pilgrims at the Masjid (Mosque) al-Haram

Historical maps

map showing part of the al-Khilafah al-'Abbasiyyah al-Islamiyyah (Abbasid Empire) 800 CE

map showing part of the al-Khilafah al-'Abbasiyyah al-Islamiyyah (Abbasid Empire) 900 CE

map showing part of the al-Fātimiyyūn (Fatimid Empire) 1000 to 1100 CE

map showing part of the Sultanate of Miṣr and Sūriyya (Ayyubid Empire) 1200 CE

map showing part of the Sulṭānate Miṣr al-Māmalīk (Mamluk Empire) 1300 to 1500 CE

map showing part of the Devlet-i Âliye-yi Osmâniyye (Ottoman Empire) 1600 CE

map showing part of the Devlet-i Âliye-yi Osmâniyye (Ottoman Empire) 1700 CE

map showing part of the Devlet-i Âliye-yi Osmâniyye (Ottoman Empire) 1800 CE

map showing part of the Devlet-i Âliye-yi Osmâniyye (Ottoman Empire) 1900 CE

map showing part of al-'Arabīyah as-Su'ūdīyah (Saudi Arabia) 2000 CE

Footnotes

1. Mecca in English.
2. World-gazetteer.com, accessed 7/28/2012.
3. Emporis.com, accessed 6/9/2012.
4. Tertius Chandler, Four Thousand Years of Urban Growth, 2nd ed. (The Edwin Mellen Press, 1987), "Tables of World's Largest Cities".