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.
The regional capital is Medina, the second holiest city in Islam. Other cities in the province include Yanbu' al Bahr and Badr Hunayn. It also contains Mada'in Saleh, a pre-Islamic UNESCO World Heritage Site.