before it was called yathrib but when Muhammad s.a.w went there since then it was called Madinatun nabi . city of nabi.
mecca
Yathrib renamed as Madina .
Muhammad fled from Mecca to Yathrib, later renamed Medina, after being warned of a plot to assassinate him.
muhammads followers renamed yathrib "medina"
he didnt, it used to be called yathrib, then it was renamed to madina, please forgive if ikm wrong
Yathrib is important because it was the city that welcomed the Prophet Muhammad and his followers during the Hijra, marking the beginning of the Islamic calendar. After their arrival, Yathrib was renamed Medina, meaning "the City of the Prophet," and became the first Islamic community. Medina played a crucial role in the spread of Islam and served as a political and spiritual center for the early Muslim community.
Yathrib is another name to the city of Madinah in Arabia.
Muhammad's journey to yathrib is called Hijrah.
it spread islam to the people who lived there
City of Byzantium was renamed constintanople
after muhammad's flight the city of yathrib, they changed its name to medina.
the town of Yathrib (which is about 200 miles north of Mecca). The city is now called Medina.