Kaʻbah (Mecca, Saudi Arabia) (Topical Term)

Work cat.: Schneider, G. Cubes--art in the age of global terrorism, c2006: p. 28 (The Kaʻba is a shrine in Mecca, made of stone with marble base) p. 48 (The Kaʻba, or "Bait al-Haraam" (Sacred House of God) is located in the center of "Haraam as-Sarif" (Forbidden Sacred Area) in Mecca) p. 58 (The Kaʻba (Arabic for "cube"); this house of God (Arabic: "bait allah"), built of dark-grey stone in pre-Islamic times)

The concise encyclopedia of Islam, c1989: Kaʻbah (lit. "cube"; the large cubic stone structure, covered with a black cloth, which stands in the center of the Grand Mosque of Mecca; it is towards the Kaʻbah that Muslims orient themselves in prayer; also called the "holy house" ("al-bayt-al-ḥarām") and the "ancient house" ("al-bayt al-ʻatīq))

Britannica online, July 18, 2006: Kaʻbah (small shrine near the centre of the Great Mosque in Mecca, considered by Muslims everywhere to be the most sacred spot on Earth; Muslims orient themselves toward this shrine during the five daily prayers, bury their dead facing its meridian, and aim to visit it on pilgrimage ("hajj"))

Wikipedia, July 18, 2006: Kaaba (The Kaaba; translit. al-Kaʻbah, also known as al-Kaʻabatuʼl-Musharrafat, al-Baytu l-ʻAtīq, al-Baytuʼl-Ḥarām; a large masonry structure roughly the shape of a cube, made of granite from the hills near Mecca)