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    Arabia Petraea or Petrea, also known as Rome's Arabian Province (Latin: Provincia Arabia; Arabic: العربية الصخرية; Ancient Greek: Ἐπαρχία Πετραίας Ἀραβίας)...
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  • province of Arabia Petraea (modern southern Jordan and north west Saudi Arabia). The Hedjaz region was integrated into the Roman province of Arabia in 106...
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    ruled large portions of north Arabia until their domain was annexed by the Roman Empire, which renamed it Arabia Petraea, and remained under the rule of...
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    Arabian peninsula: Arabia Deserta (or Arabia Magna), Arabia Felix, and Arabia Petraea. As a name for the region, it remained popular into the 19th and 20th...
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    From 106 CE to 630 CE, Arabia's most northwestern areas were controlled by the Roman Empire, which governed it as Arabia Petraea. A few nodal points were...
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    area was known as Arabia or Aravia (Greek: Αραβία). The Romans named three regions with the prefix "Arabia". Arabia Petraea ("Stony Arabia"): it consisted...
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    Zabdas to Bosra (capital of the province of Arabia Petraea); the queen's timing seems intentional. In Arabia the Roman governor (dux), Trassus (commanding...
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    Arabs (redirect from Arabian culture)
    capital Palmyra, led by Queen Zenobia, encompassed the Syria Palaestina, Arabia Petraea, and Egypt, as well as large parts of Anatolia. The Arab Itureans inhabited...
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    Trajan, the cities were incorporated into the provinces of Syria and Arabia Petraea; several cities were later placed in Syria Palaestina and Palaestina...
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    Sea. The province, a part of the Diocese of the East, was split from Arabia Petraea during the reforms of Diocletian in c.300 CE and existed until the Muslim...
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    Governorate in the north. In the classical era, the region was known as Arabia Petraea. The peninsula acquired the name Sinai in modern times due to the assumption...
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    independence. Petra fell to the Romans, who annexed Nabataea and renamed it as Arabia Petraea. Petra's importance declined as sea trade routes emerged, and after...
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    Mecca (redirect from Mecca, Saudi Arabia)
    located in northwest Arabia, around the area of Leuke Kome, within the former Nabataean Kingdom and the Roman province of Arabia Petraea. Ptolemy lists the...
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    Empire, which renamed it Arabia Petraea. The Nabataeans were one among several nomadic Bedouin Arab tribes that roamed the Arabian Desert and moved with...
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    people who lived in and near what was designated by the Romans as Arabia Petraea and Arabia Deserta. The term's meaning evolved during its history of usage...
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  • Petraea may refer to : Arabia Petraea, a frontier province of the Roman Empire Petraeus (disambiguation) This disambiguation page lists articles associated...
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    peninsula: Arabia Deserta, Arabia Felix, and Arabia Petraea. The French term L'Arabie Heureuse ("Happy Arabia") comes from a poor translation[clarification...
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    Roman Egypt (redirect from Arabia Nova)
    the provinces of Crete and Cyrenaica to the west and Judaea, later Arabia Petraea, to the East. Egypt was conquered by Roman forces in 30 BC and became...
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    Illyrian Parthorum Parthi Cappadocia E Turkey Parthian Petreorum Nabataei Arabia Pet. cPetra, Jordan Arabic Phrygum Phryges Galatia Eskisehir, W Turkey Phrygian...
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    to the Tigris. He then enlarged and fortified the Limes Arabicus in Arabia Petraea. In 202, he campaigned in Africa and Mauretania against the Garamantes...
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  • Saudi Arabia Arabia Petraea, a Roman province Arabia, Finland, a neighbourhood of Helsinki Arabia, Indiana, a community in the United States Arabia, Nebraska...
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    between Nile Delta (Egypt) and Mesopotamia, later known to Romans as Arabia Petraea. According to Herodotus, Cambyses did not subdue the Arabs when he attacked...
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    Nubians and Jews. In the first century AD, it was usually located in Arabia Petraea. There are still records of the legion in Syria at the beginning of...
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  • its eponym, according to the Bible, and an ancient biblical town of Arabia Petraea. The term is also traditionally used in Biblical Hebrew as the synonym...
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    it became the prosperous provincial capital of the Roman province of Arabia Petraea following the dissolvement of the Nabatean kingdom. With the advent...
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    for usurpation attempts. Instead, Diocletian even integrated parts of Arabia Petraea into the province, namely the Negev and the Sinai Peninsula. He moved...
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    city, Palmyra, it encompassed the Roman provinces of Syria Palaestina, Arabia Petraea, and Egypt, as well as large parts of Asia Minor. The Palmyrene Empire...
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  • Nawa, Syria (redirect from Naveh of Arabia)
    it was known as Neve or Naveh, and was part of the Roman province of Arabia Petraea. During the Roman and Byzantine periods, Nawa had a large Jewish population...
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    Via Traiana Nova (category Arabia Petraea)
    was an ancient Roman road built by Emperor Trajan in the province of Arabia Petraea, from Aqaba on the Red Sea to Bostra. It was specifically known as the...
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    Hejaz (category Historical regions in Saudi Arabia)
    Hejaz. The northern part of the Hejaz was part of the Roman province of Arabia Petraea. According to Arab and Islamic sources, the civilization of Mecca started...
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