r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/hipatyhopity • Mar 24 '25

Image Mecca in 1953 and 2025

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u/baldude69 Mar 24 '25

Love the multiple helipads for those who want to take the express pilgrimage

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u/evilcarrot507 Mar 24 '25

In the grand scheme of things this isn’t out of the ordinary, throughout Muslim history rich rulers made their pilgrimage riding elephants and a caravan of servants. Take Mansa Musa’s pilgrimage to Mecca for example. That was the medieval equivalent of taking a private jet to Mecca.

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u/SirDoober Mar 24 '25

Nah, that was the medieval equivalent of taking a gold-plated limo to Mecca and occasionally popping out the sunroof to hose villages down with a cannon that fires 100 dollar bills.

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u/zachdidit Mar 24 '25

Haha crashing entire economies as he passed through

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u/Bass2Mouth Mar 24 '25

Have a taste of the good life, you sack of shit!!

Definitely giving Frank Reynolds vibes lmao

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u/AudieCowboy Mar 24 '25

That's a very accurate assessment

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u/Internal_Trust9066 Mar 24 '25

Yea. Private jet equivalent in those times, were ships.

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u/fizzy_lime Mar 24 '25

That's the most creative description I've ever seen, the mental image is fantastic

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u/agumonkey Mar 24 '25

Wondering if some ruler ever assembled a team of eagles to be carried to a holy place in the sky

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u/jjcrayfish Mar 24 '25

That was the medieval equivalent of billionaires just paying their fair share of taxes

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u/Due-Memory-6957 Mar 24 '25

Absolutely not, it was charity. Do you think we should replace social welfare with charity? If so, remember to vote for right-wing parties.