View of the city of Mecca in the late 1880s.
17 INTERESTING images showing Saudi Arabia's transition over 140 years
Laying the Hejaz railroad tracks near Tabuk, 1906.
Camel caravan of pilgrims travelling to Mecca, 1910.
The Ka’aba in the 1920s.
King Abdulaziz and the US Petrol Minister, laying the groundwork for the Saudi Arabian Oil Company (ARAMCO) in 1934.
Dammam: The first commercial oil well in Saudi Arabia, 1938.
Royal bodyguards of Saudi Arabia, 1947.
A group of people looking at an Aramco airplane after it lands in Dhahran in the 1950s.
Shoppers strolling down King Saud Street in Al-Khobar, 1954.
A street scene in Jeddah in the 1960s.
King Khalid Street in Khobar, 1960s.
View of a street in Jeddah in the 1970s.
The Caravan Shopping Center in Jeddah, 1982.
A glimpse of Jeddah rising, 1984.
An aerial shot of Riyadh in the 1990s.
Skyline of the city of Riyadh, 2015.
Present day Saudi Arabia, 2016.
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