Nabatean

The Nabatean control over trade further increased and spread in many directions.

Rabba is home to Nabatean ruins, which are located along the main street in the center of town.

Some 450 miles from Petra, it is thought to mark the southern extent of the Nabatean kingdom.

Petra was the capital of the Nabatean kingdom.

The Nabatean kingdom was not just situated at the crossroad of trade but also of culture.

The Nabatean kingdom is considered to have been an important force in the ancient world, but it is one often neglected by modern scholars.

Bosra was the first Nabatean city in the 2nd century BC.

Early Nabatean columns made of stone discs.

It is believed to have been originally dedicated to the Nabatean deity Dushara.

The Nabatean script evolved into modern written Arabic.

On the way you'll see the first of the huge Nabatean tombs and the remains of Roman pavements.

Tafilah was then annexed to the Nabatean kingdom who had their capital in Petra.

During the Nabatean period, the route became a part of the Spice Route.

The Nabatean kingdom was eventually conquered by Rome.

It was centered on Petra, but included even areas of northern Arabia under Nabatean control.

The fall of the Nabatean royal house to the Romans, caused the religion to be cast aside and its main deity lost.

Aretas is credited with beginning Nabatean minting.

Adjacent to the site is a large farm that uses Nabatean agricultural techniques of irrigation, sowing and reaping.

The Nabatean language was an offshoot of Imperial Aramaic.

Most of the inscriptions are Nabatean, Mr. Goren said.

This victory gained Judean control over the Mediterranean outlet for the Nabatean trade routes.

During the Roman and later Byzantine periods, the town served as a front-line defense against Nabatean attacks.

The over 2,000-year-old ruins of the Nabatean city of Avdat in southern Israel were defaced earlier this week.

While the Nabatean kingdom managed to preserve its formal independence, it became a client kingdom under the influence of Rome.

With increasing immigration of nomadic Arab tribes, the Nabatean language became increasingly influenced by Arabic.