Friday, April 18, 2003
Saudi Arabia Map
Small map of Saudi Arabia. I found other maps with a bit more detail but this one suited for a general overview. Of interest to me;
- Mecca is towards the western coast
- The oil fields are along the eastern side (not shown on this map)
Saudi Arabia is pretty much the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. I imagine it's mostly desert. Starting in the 7th century, Islam became a major force in the region and helped expand Muslim influence out to Spain in the West and India in the East. I've been boning up on my Islam from the BBC's Website where they have a religion and ethics section describing the major world religions. Islam seems to share some aspects of Christianity and Judaism in that they all recognize the same characters found in the Old Testament. But Islam was revealed to Muslims through the last prophet, Muhammad (570-632 AD) who received the words of Allah and recorded them into the Holy Qu'ran, the Muslim scripture.
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