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.
share medina in saudi arabia is the second holiest site in islam after mecca it is located about 350 miles west of the capital city of riyadh about 150 miles east of the red sea and egypt the third holiest site in islam is the al aqsa mosque in jerusalemhe prophet himself built the original medina prophet s mosque next to the home where he settled when he was first driven out of mecca this resettlement is called his hijra or emigration and occurred in 622 ad