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Revelation34 posted...

Then by that logic the Holy Roman Empire would have just as much influence in that regard.

Thats a really strange choice of something to jump to.

The Holy Roman Empire wasn't really built around a specific city, the rulers would typically only visit Rome to be coronated (and this practice became less and less common as the years went on). The large cities in the Holy Roman Empire were self governing with the state being notoriously decentralized by design.

The HRE spread Christianity throughout Eastern Europe, which isn't nearly as impressive as how Islam spread from Mecca. It never set to spreading influence in the same way that other European nations did.

Furthermore the Holy Roman Empire collapsed 200 years ago and has been effectively replaced by the German state which has almost no resemblance to it. Mecca and everything that spread out from it has remained an important part of history since before the HRE even existed.

I'm not clowning on the Holy Roman Empire, I consider myself a "fan", but the two states are wildly incomparable I'm not sure how you jump from one to the other.