Medina was the capital of a rapidly increasing Muslim caliphate under Muhammad's leadership, serving as its base of operations and as the cradle of Islam, where Muhammad's ummah (lit. 'nation')—composed of Medinan citizens (Ansar) as well as those who immigrated with Muhammad (Muhajirun), who were collectively known as the Sahabah —gained huge i...

2025年2月23日 · Medina is a city in Saudi Arabia and the second holiest city in Islam. It was in Medina (formerly Yathrib) that Muhammad, after fleeing Mecca in an event known as the hijrah, established the Muslim community (ummah).

The History of Medina begins with the arrival of prophet Muhammad (622 CE) in the ancient Arabian oasis known as Yathrib at the time until the modern times. The "History of Medina" refers to the chronological narrative of events, developments, and societal transformations that have occurred in the city of Medina, situated in present-day Saudi ...

The Medina of Fez preserves, in an ancient part comprising numerous monumental buildings, the memory of the capital founded by the Idrisid dynasty between 789 and 808 A.D. The original town was comprised of two large fortified quarters separated by the Fez wadi: the banks of the Andalous and those of the Kaïrouanais.

2023年11月17日 · The records at Deir el-Medina, for example, note both a “physician,” who saw patients and prescribed treatments; and a “scorpion charmer,” who specialized in magical cures for scorpion bites. Archaeologists even recovered an ancient prosthetic toe, which would have enabled a worker with a missing toe to continue working.

Founded in 1070–72 by the Almoravids, Marrakesh remained a political, economic and cultural centre for a long period. Its influence was felt throughout the western Muslim world, from North Africa to Andalusia.

A medina (from Arabic: مدينة, romanized: madīnah, lit. 'city') is a historical district in a number of North African cities, often corresponding to an old walled city. The term comes from the Arabic word simply meaning "city" or "town".

2012年10月25日 · The walls that surrounds Morocco’s best-preserved medina hide a maze of narrow streets, 13th-century buildings and busy markets. How America's first professional female tattooist broke through...

2018年4月30日 · The two original ancient quarters—9th-century Fez el Bali (or Old Fez) and the adjoining 13th-century Fez el Djedid (or New Fez)—retain their distinct feel and atmosphere.

Medina, also transliterated as Madīnah, is a city in the Hejazi region of the Arabian Peninsula and administrative headquarters of the al-Madinah Region of Saudi Arabia. At the city's heart is al-Masjid an-Nabawi ('The Prophet's Mosque'), which is the burial place of the Islamic prophet, Muhammad, and it is one of two holiest cities in Islam ...