NMC396Y1 Lecture 12: NMC396H1 Mecca
1 Jul 2016
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Not much vegetation, no soil, little water and yet the place was subjected to massive floods. There was damage to the ka"ba for instance and it had to be rebuilt. A city has to have a reason to exist. Why is mecca different from taif which is in the mountains outside of mecca or. Hijaz northern part of a mountain change and there is a ridge on the west side of the. In arabic sirat means a spine the sirat mountain chain is responsible for precipitation during the monsoon seasons. Monsoon is simply anglicized version of mawsim (season) The explanation is that, zooming in n the concept of the mountain chain. So we zoom in on a bit of the sirat mountain chain. Tectonic uplift that occurred 5 million years ago. Tectonic plates that existed and the red sea formed into these huge mountain slats. Around 10-5 million years ago, there is a rupture.
