The Ancient World · event 10 of 11

632 AD

The Hajj becomes an annual mass journey. The pilgrimage to Mecca is formalised as an obligation for those able to make it. It has moved more people over more centuries than any other single journey in human history and continues to do so.

The The Ancient World era

  1. c. 3000 BC
  2. c. 1500 BC
  3. c. 776 BC
  4. c. 440 BC
  5. c. 130 BC
  6. c. 100 AD
  7. c. 150 AD
  8. 326 AD
  9. c. 630 AD
  10. 632 AD
  11. c. 1000

See the full timeline or read the short history of travel.