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To: SunkenCiv

Mecca didn’t exist.


2 posted on 08/02/2026 6:25:00 AM PDT by CodeToad
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To: CodeToad; SunkenCiv
That's an accurate description up until about the 6th century.

And they should have included 363, the year of the earthquake that devastated Petra;
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/363_Galilee_earthquake

Furthermore, Mecca did not yet exist as a city in 570 during the Aksumite–Persian Wars.

Source Crone, Patricia. Meccan Trade and the Rise of Islam. Princeton University Press, 1987:

https://syifafauzii5.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/meccan-trade-and-the-rise-of-islam.pdf

12 posted on 08/02/2026 8:12:34 AM PDT by AdmSmith (GCTGATATGTCTATGATTACTCAT)
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