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.
Medina County, Texas. Medina County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2010 census, its population was 46,006. Its county seat is Hondo. The county is named for the Medina River. The Medina Dam, the fourth largest in the nation when completed in 1913, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.