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Mecca lay on a trade route on the edge of the desert that takes up most of?
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Mecca is in Saudi Arabia, and the Arabian Desert there takes up most of the country. It also spreads across many other countries such as Egypt, Iraq, and Jordan.
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What is a trade city?
a trade route in a city A city that lies along a major trade route and serves as a trade hub.
What city is at the intersection of six trade routes?
Mecca and medina were such oasis cities that are the nearest to the trade routes.
Does the Silk Road exist in this time?
The Silk Road was a trade route across Asia into Eastern Europe. It no longer a major trade route, but traces of the route can still be seen.
The trade route linked Constantinople with Russia?
Dnieper
Which islands were on a trade route to the west?
Corsica and Troy
What was the name of the trade route that ran through the Sahara desert?
The Darb el-Arbain trade route is one (there are more).
What was the largest oasis in Arabia was?
Al-Hasa is the largest oasis in Arabia.Ancient Mecca was an oasis in the old caravan trade route.
The largest oasis in Arabia was?
Al-Hasa is the largest oasis in Arabia. Ancient Mecca was an oasis in the old caravan trade route.
How did trade effect the medieval Islamic economy?
mecca is desert and has not agriculture. so the main job of its people was trading. Khadiga the wife of prophet was a famous trader in mecca and she dedecated all her wealth for Islam
Canal route through which most trade takes place?
Panama Canal
What is the trade route of Ghana?
Ghana traded through China and Europe. And somtimes through the Sahara Desert.
Why did Timbuktu flourish?
when the european explorers landed on the west african coast,they provided an alternative trade route across the sea,and the trade route across the world 's largest desert slowed down
What 2 things made mecca such an such important city?
1. Mecca being an important trade route which gave way to immense wealth to the people of Mecca.2. Mecca was the most important place of worship for all of Arabia. People from all around the Arabian Peninsula would gather in Mecca, at the Ka'abah bringing gifts and offerings to pay their homage.
Why did Hans vischer call a trade route death road?
Because it crossed 1500 miles of the Sahara Desert.
Why did Alfonso de Albuquerque want control of Malacca?
He wanted control of Malacca because it would cut off the trade route for Muslims in that area. He believed if they could not trade their spices by that route, Cairo and Mecca would be lost. For more information, visit the Related Link.
Which way is mecca from ground zero?
Via the shortest (great circle) route, Mecca is 6,415 miles from the former site of the World Trade Center's Twin Towers in lower Manhattan, on a bearing of 58.4 degrees true. (Approximately "North-east by East")
What is Ghana's trade and trade routes?
Ghana trades Gold, Cocoa, Timber, Electricity, Oil and Diamonds but diamonds are not the high seller, gold and cocoa are.
