Two thousand years ago, at the dawn of the first century, the ancient world was ruled by Rome. And the Roman Empire was in turmoil. Civil war had engulfed the empire's capital city. Dictators seized power. The Roman future looked bleak.
Medina (/mÉËdiËnÉ/; Arabic: Ø§ÙÙØ¯ÙÙØ© Ø§ÙÙÙÙØ±Ø©ââ, al-MadÄ«nah al-Munawwarah, the radiant city; or Ø§ÙÙØ¯ÙÙØ©, al-MadÄ«nah (Hejazi pronunciation: ), the city), also transliterated as MadÄ«nah, is a city in the Hejaz region of the Arabian Peninsula, located in present-day Saudi Arabia and is also the capital of its Al Madinah Region.
Situated on a large Mediterranean Sea gulf (the Gulf of Tunis), behind the Lake of Tunis and the port of La Goulette (Halq al Wadi), the city extends along the coastal plain and the hills that surround it. At its core lies its antic medina, a world heritage site.