Assertion: mecca | /r/HasProperty | major city
Facets:
value: since the 21st century
type: TEMPORAL
value: before the 4th century a.d.
type: TEMPORAL
value: in arabia
type: LOCATION
Source sentences:
text: Once again, if Mecca were a major city in Arabia before the 4th century A.D., as Muslims claim, it would have been mentioned in the Yemeni inscriptions even more than any of the other Arabian and Ethiopian kingdoms to which I have referred.
text: In light of this evidence, the Islamic tradition to claim that Mecca has been a major Arabian city since the 21st century B.C. is like Rome existing in Italy for centuries, but seeing no mention of it in any Italian inscriptions.