Al Makkab
Al Makkab is a very rural city located in the Makkab Desert to the southwest of the capital of Bellissimomare, Sayaffallah. Its population is 320,000 spread out across a desert with its distinctive low roofed houses resembling an urban sprawl of shanty houses.
History
Early years
Al Makkab started out as an outpost known as Al Edin which served as a forward base for the Al Makkab tribe which was Islamic by default religion. This tribe spread into the area of the outpost in the year 1522 which was mostly a desert wasteland at the time. The outpost was manned by a garrison of 16200 of the troops of the Al Makkab chieftain Hussein Jawal Bin Abudan and soon their families also migrated into the arid desert valley and they established a city with low earthen walls built up around the perimeter of the outpost and high outer walls around the perimeter of the encampment of the families so as to protect them from the elements. Many of these families were nomadic in nature with large flocks of sheep and cattle.
In the year 1620 during the Islamic Invasion this became the de facto capital of the Islamic Empire while the tribes moved further inland into Sayaffallah. Even as the capital was moved to Bellissimomare this outpost remained a provincial capital and an important gateway into the lands of the Al Makkab tribe including the palace of the Vizier of the Empire which was further inland by another 300 miles journey.
Advancements and improvements
1760 brought about significant changes as the first roads began to connect the outermost areas of the Islamic Empire to the capital and other key parts of Sayaffallah making the transport of goods and exchange a much easier process to facilitate. By 1770 the roads were completed and the population of Al Makkab outpost expanded and ballooned to a significantly larger size. Soon edicts were passed down regulating that Al Makkab would become the regional capital and would be the place from which all trade would originate in the region. And thus the city expanded even more as more caravans traveled to the city to trade their goods to other regions and provincial centers in a more efficient manner.
The year 1801 brought the first rail line and symbolized a new way by which trade could be intensified and increased throughout the region specifically as a method of increasing the distribution of wool and other materials harvested from the settlement of Al Makkab. In 1830 the first petroleum wells were built and excavated with the petroleum being used after refinement for heating large public spaces and providing the ability to accelerate production of raw materials in the interior territories.
Revolution of 1900
The Revolution of 1900 brought about significant and serious changes to the people of Al Makkab as the Islamic Empire was overthrown and a new kingdom was brought forward consisting of Orthodoxy and Islam. This brought about radical changes as the first orthodox missionaries arrived in Al Makkab in 1910 and the first converts joined the Orthodox Church in 1911 and the first Orthodox Church was constructed in 1912 and construction concluded in 1920 providing services to its congregants.
