The Kaaba in Mecca, the most sacred site in Islam, Saudi Arabia, Engraving, 19th century. (Photo by Prisma/UIG/Getty Images)
Arabic poster, 19th century. From a private collection. (Photo by Art Media/Print Collector/Getty Images)
The Kaaba, Or 'kissing Stone ' Enclosure At Mecca. Mecca, Bakkah. Also Transliterated As Makkah, Is A City In The Hejaz And The Capital Of Makkah Province In Saudi Arabia.. (Photo by: Universal History Archive/UIG via Getty Images)
278347 26: A man walks through the old part of the city July 15, 1996 in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Possessing twenty-five percent of the world's oil reserves and the Islamic shrines of Mecca and Medina, the wealthy desert nation balances deeply conservative religious beliefs with the modernity brought on by a booming economy. (Photo by Scott Peterson/Liaison)
278347 32: An old fortress-style house remains standing July 15, 1996 in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Possessing twenty-five percent of the world's oil reserves and the Islamic shrines of Mecca and Medina, the wealthy desert nation balances deeply conservative religious beliefs with the modernity brought on by a booming economy. (Photo by Scott Peterson/Liaison)
1774: The Great Mosque at Medina-en-Nabi, Saudi Arabia. Original Artist: By C Phillips. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
BAGHDAD, IRAQ: A man shows a buyer how to wrap the white cloth worn by Muslim pilgrims going on the Hajj or pilgrimage to the holy city of Mecca, at his stall in a market in Baghdad, 04 January 2005. Muslims pilgrims going to take part in the annual Hajj (pilgrimage) in the holy city of Mecca in Saudi Arabia, wear loose white cloth to cover their bodies. The Hajj is one of the five pillars of Islam that Muslims hope to take part in at least once in their life time. AFP PHOTO/SABAH ARAR (Photo credit should read SABAH ARAR/AFP/Getty Images)
SAUDI ARABIA - 1800: View of Ta'if (Arabia). Drawing of de Dree. (Photo by Roger Viollet Collection/Getty Images)
SAUDI ARABIA - CIRCA 1840: Djedda (Saudi Arabia), in the middle of XIXth century. (Photo by Roger Viollet Collection/Getty Images)
HARRAN, TURKEY - JANUARY 2000: A Muslim man faces in the direction of Mecca as he prays on January, 2000 in Harran, Turkey. Legend holds that the prophet Abraham lived a few thousand years ago in Harran, one of the oldest villages in the world. (Photo by Reza/Getty Images)
Exploration/Travel, Captain Richard Burton, portrait, (1821-1890), English traveller, born in Norfolk, he had a way with languages which helped him in his travels, He visited Mecca and Somalia and with Richard Speke discovered Lake Tanganyika, 1856-1858 (Photo by Popperfoto/Getty Images)
The march of the Great Caravan from Cairo to Mecca in Saudi Arabia, taking thousands of Muslims on their pilgrimage, 1778. Engraved for Middleton's Complete System of Geography, 1778. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
ARABIA - MAY 27: Model of an Arab sailing vessel. (Photo by SSPL/Getty Images)
Illustration of pilgrims arriving in Mecca, circa 1200s. (Photo by Fotosearch/Getty Images).
UNSPECIFIED - CIRCA 1800: Richard Burton as Haji Abdullah en route to Mecca. Sir Richard Francis Burton, 1821-1890 British explorer, translator, writer, soldier, orientalist, ethnologist, linguist, poet, hypnotist, fencer and diplomat. From the book The Life of Captain Sir Richard Burton, volume I, by his wife Isabel Burton, published 1893. (Photo by Universal History Archive/Getty Images)
UNSPECIFIED - CIRCA 1754: Pilgrims at Mecca. Illustrated page from a copy of the Koran (Photo by Universal History Archive/Getty Images)
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, is seen in the traditional garb worn by Muslims when making a pilgrimage to Mecca, arrives in the coastal city of Jeddah on August 13, 2012. Leaders of Muslim countries, including Iran's pro-Syrian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, are due to gather for an extraordinary summit called by Saudi King Abdullah who is pushing to mobilise support for the Syrian rebellion. AFP PHOTO/AMER HILABI (Photo credit should read AMER HILABI/AFP/Getty Images)
Russia, January 20, 1956, in the town of Sergiev Posad, Zagorsk Monastery of the (former name of the city), one of the oldest of the orthodox faith, is the Mecca pilgrimage of Orthodox, especially the Cathedral of the Holy Trinidad where is the tomb of Sergius of Radonezh, patron saint of Russia, At a religious ceremony, the priests. (Photo by Manuel Litran/Paris Match via Getty Images)
Russia, January 20, 1956, in the town of Sergiev Posad, Zagorsk Monastery of the (former name of the city), one of the oldest of the orthodox faith, is the Mecca pilgrimage of Orthodox, especially the Cathedral of the Holy Trinidad where is the tomb of Sergius of Radonezh, patron saint of Russia, Religious ceremony. (Photo by Manuel Litran/Paris Match via Getty Images)
Russia, January 20, 1956, in the town of Sergiev Posad, Zagorsk Monastery of the (former name of the city), one of the oldest of the orthodox faith, is the Mecca pilgrimage of Orthodox, especially the Cathedral of the Holy Trinidad where is the tomb of Sergius of Radonezh, patron saint of Russia, Religious ceremony. (Photo by Manuel Litran/Paris Match via Getty Images)
Russia, January 20, 1956, in the town of Sergiev Posad, Zagorsk Monastery of the (former name of the city), one of the oldest of the orthodox faith, is the Mecca pilgrimage of Orthodox, especially the Cathedral of the Holy Trinidad where is the tomb of Sergius of Radonezh, patron saint of Russia. (Photo by Manuel Litran/Paris Match via Getty Images)
Russia, January 20, 1956, in the town of Sergiev Posad, Zagorsk Monastery of the (former name of the city), one of the oldest of the orthodox faith, is the Mecca pilgrimage of Orthodox, especially the Cathedral of the Holy Trinidad where is the tomb of Sergius of Radonezh, patron saint of Russia, Religious ceremony. (Photo by Manuel Litran/Paris Match via Getty Images)
[UNVERIFIED CONTENT] Boys are playing with pigeons by Mecca Masjid in Hyderabad, India. Mecca Masjid, also Makkah Masjid, is one of the oldest mosques in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India, And it is one of the largest Mosques in India.(Photo by Kateryna Negoda/Getty Images)
[UNVERIFIED CONTENT] Boys are playing with pigeons by Mecca Masjid in Hyderabad, India. Mecca Masjid, also Makkah Masjid, is one of the oldest mosques in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India, And it is one of the largest Mosques in India.(Photo by Kateryna Negoda/Getty Images)
Palestinian children, boys dressed in Ihram, specials outfits worn during the Hajj pilgrimage, walk around a replica of the Kaaba stone which is found in the holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia, as youngsters learn about Islam and how to perform the rituals carried out during the annual Hajj, at their Kindergarten in Rafah town in the southern Gaza Strip, on October 9, 2013. Muslims from around the world will flood the holy city of Mecca this week to perform the annual Hajj pilgrimage, which is one of the five pillars of Islam. AFP PHOTO/ SAID KHATIB (Photo credit should read SAID KHATIB/AFP/Getty Images)
Palestinian children, boys dressed in Ihram, specials outfits worn during the Hajj pilgrimage, stand in line in the yard of their school as they learn about Islam and how to perform the rituals carried out during the annual Hajj pilgrimage, at their Kindergarten in Rafah town in the southern Gaza Strip, on October 9, 2013. Muslims from around the world will flood the holy city of Mecca this week to perform the annual Hajj pilgrimage, which is one of the five pillars of Islam. AFP PHOTO/ SAID KHATIB (Photo credit should read SAID KHATIB/AFP/Getty Images)
Palestinian children, dressed in specials outfits worn during the Hajj pilgrimage, learn about Islam and how to perform the rituals carried out during the annual Hajj pilgrimage, at their Kindergarten in Rafah town in the southern Gaza Strip, on October 9, 2013. Muslims from around the world will flood the holy city of Mecca this week to perform the annual Hajj pilgrimage, which is one of the five pillars of Islam. AFP PHOTO/ SAID KHATIB (Photo credit should read SAID KHATIB/AFP/Getty Images)
Palestinian children, dressed in Ihram, specials outfits worn during the Hajj pilgrimage, walk around a replica of the Kaaba stone which is found in the holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia, as youngsters learn about Islam and how to perform the rituals carried out during the annual Hajj, at their Kindergarten in Rafah town in the southern Gaza Strip, on October 9, 2013. Muslims from around the world will flood the holy city of Mecca this week to perform the annual Hajj pilgrimage, which is one of the five pillars of Islam. AFP PHOTO/ SAID KHATIB (Photo credit should read SAID KHATIB/AFP/Getty Images)
MECCA, SAUDI ARABIA - JULY 28: Muslims gather at the oldest mosque in the world Masjid al-Haram, surrounding one of Islam's holiest places the Kaaba to celebrate Eid al-Fitr in Mecca, Saudi Arabia on July 28, 2014. Eid al-Fitr also known Feast of Breaking the Fast, is religious holiday celebrated by Muslims worldwide that marks the end of Ramadan, the Islamic holy month of fasting. (Photo by Halis Akyildiz/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)
The procession of the Mahmal, Cairo, Egypt. The Mahmal was a pyramid of richly embroidered fabric over a wooden frame carried by a camel. It led the annual procession from the citadel of Cairo that carried a carpet or fabric covering to be laid on the Kaaba at Mecca during the Hajj. A print from Customs of the World, Volume II Hutchinson and Co, Paternoster Row, London. (Photo by The Print Collector/Print Collector/Getty Images)
Camp Algiers, Pilgrims Returning From Mecca, 1855. Engraving. (Photo by: Universal History Archive/UIG via Getty Images)
The Cemetery At Mecca. Mecca, Bakkah. Also Transliterated As Makkah, Is A City In The Hejaz And The Capital Of Makkah Province In Saudi Arabia. . (Photo by: Universal History Archive/UIG via Getty Images)
The Tomb Of Nadir Shah Of Persia At Mecca. Mecca, Bakkah. Also Transliterated As Makkah, Is A City In The Hejaz And The Capital Of Makkah Province In Saudi Arabia. . (Photo by: Universal History Archive/UIG via Getty Images)
Al-Masjid al-Nabawi and Masjid al-Haram, 1783. Private Collection. (Photo by Fine Art Images/Heritage Images/Getty Images)
Mecca', 1838. From A Display of the Naval Flags of All Nations. Collected from the Best Authorities. [Fisher, Son, & Co., London, 1838] Artist: Unknown. (Photo by Print Collector/Getty Images)
(Eingeschränkte Rechte für bestimmte redaktionelle Kunden in Deutschland. Limited rights for specific editorial clients in Germany.) KA'BA AT MECCA. The sacred shrine of Islam in the courtyard of Masjid al-Haram (Sacred Mosque) at Mecca, Saudi Arabia. Engraving from Mouradgea d'Ohsson, Paris, France, 1790. (Photo by ullstein bild/ullstein bild via Getty Images)
Religious procession for the yearly pilgrimage to Mecca. 1749 Plate 1 from 'Antiquities and Views in Greece and Egypt'. Paris, Bibliotheque Nationale de France. (Photo by Photo 12/ UIG via Getty Images)
Lion Hunting in Arabia, circa 1860. (Photo by: Universal History Archive/UIG via Getty Images)
Woman of Dsjidda (Jeddah) selling flatbread, Arabia, c1772-1774. From the account of the expedition to Arabia and the Middle East undertaken by the German explorer Carsten Niebuhr on behalf of Frederick V of Denmark in 1761-1767. Niebuhr was the only survivor of the journey, with his companions, including the expedition's artist, Georg Wilhelm Baurenfeind, succumbing to disease. Artist CJ de Huyser. (Photo by Historica Graphica Collection/Heritage Images/Getty Images)
DAMASCUS, SYRIA - JANUARY 21, 2011: Muslim women next to Qubbat al-Khazna, the 'Dome of the Treasury' in the illuminated courtyard of he Umayyad Mosque, one of the largest, oldest and holiest mosques in the world. It is the first monumental work of architecture in Islamic history;the building served as a central gathering point after Mecca to consolidate the Muslims in their faith and conquest to rule the surrounding territories under the Umayyad Caliphate. (Photo by Marco BULGARELLI/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images)
DAMASCUS, SYRIA - JANUARY 21, 2011: courtyard of the Umayyad Mosque, one of the largest, oldest and holiest mosques in the world. The Great Mosque of Damascus is the first monumental work of architecture in Islamic history;the building served as a central gathering point after Mecca to consolidate the Muslims in their faith and conquest to rule the surrounding territories under the Umayyad Caliphate. (Photo by Marco BULGARELLI/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images)
DAMASCUS, SYRIA - JANUARY 21, 2011: the Shrine of John the Baptist's head in the Umayyad Mosque. Christians and Muslims honour John the Baptist? as a prophet. The Umayyad Mosque is one of the largest, oldest and holiest mosques in the world. It is the first monumental work of architecture in Islamic history;the building served as a central gathering point after Mecca to consolidate the Muslims in their faith and conquest to rule the surrounding territories under the Umayyad Caliphate. (Photo by Marco BULGARELLI/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images)
Ruins of Nakab Al Hajar, From opposite p. 426 of 'Travels in Arabia' by James Raymond Wellsted (London, 1838), Saudi Arabia, 1838. (Photo by John Arrowsmith/Royal Geographical Society/Getty Images)
The Kaaba in Mecca in its state 1880, Saudi Arabia, digital improved reproduction of an original print from 1880. (Photo by: Bildagentur-online/UIG via Getty Images)
The Takhtrawan or Grandee's Litter, From 'Personal narrative of a pilgrimage to El-Medinah and Meccah. Sir Richard Francis Burton', Vol. 1 London, 1855-56. This image lies opposite Chapter XI 'To Yambu', Saudi Arabia, 1853. (Photo by Richard Francis Burton/Royal Geographical Society/Getty Images)
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