Nabataeans

The Nabataeans were a trading people of ancient Arabia, whose oasis settlements in the time of Josephus gave the name of Nabatene to the borderland between Syria and Arabia, from the Euphrates to the Red Sea. Their loosely-controlled trading network, which centered on strings of oases and the routes that linked them, had no securely defined boundaries in the surrounding desert. For who ruled the area, see Rulers of Nabatea.

Related Topics:
Arabia - Josephus - Syria - Euphrates - Red Sea - Rulers of Nabatea

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