Assertion: mecca | /r/HasProperty | important financial center
Facets:
value: for many
type: OTHER
value: for muslims
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
value: very
type: DEGREE
value: for magan and dilmun trade
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
value: for his attacks
type: PURPOSE
value: for many surrounding tribes
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
Source sentences:
text: Medina was a large flourishing agricultural settlement, while Mecca was an important financial center for many surrounding tribes.
text: Why is Mecca important?
text: If Mecca had existed when Abraham lived, it would have been an important market for Magan and Dilmun trade, but no mention is made of Mecca in their inscriptions.
text: If Mecca had existed in his time, it would have been an important target for his attacks, because it would have been the only city in the region around Yathrib which was not under his control ( see Fig. 4).
text: Mecca during Roman and Byzantine times was an important trade route where traders from East Africa and South Asia traded their merchandise.
text: Evidence suggests that he worked as a merchant in the spice trade of the Levant, or eastern Mediterranean, and may have traveled as far as Mecca, then an important trading center for Oriental and Western goods.
text: For Muslims, Mecca is a very important and sacred place.
text: Medina was a large flourishing agricultural settlement, while Mecca was an important financial center for many of the surrounding tribes.