What is the square building in Mecca that
was a shrine for polytheistic worship?

The kaaba, built by prophet Abraham

other sources of text

explanation:

this can be magazines, news reports, scholarly articles, textbooks, research papers etc.

states

explanation:

as the old saying goes, all politics are local. state and federal governments affect our daily lives in numerous ways. yet, in our federal system, there is supposed to be a balance between federal and state power. as james madison envisioned it in federalist no. 51, “the power surrendered by the people” would be “divided between two distinct governments,” creating a balance of power that would enable the “different governments [to] control each other.”