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The trade led to the development of ancient towns, forts and caravanserai en route, apart from agricultural development. Four towns in the Negev Desert, which flourished during the period from 300 BC to 200 AD, are linked directly with the Mediterranean terminus of both the Incense Road and spice trade routes: Avdat, Haluza, Mamshit, and Shivta.
The trade with Arabia and India in incense and spices became increasingly important, and Greeks for the first time began to trade directly with India. The discovery, or rediscovery, of the sea-route to India is attributed to a certain Eudoxos , who was sent out for this purpose towards the end of the reign of Ptolemy Euergetes II (died 116 BC).
Trade seems to have largely continued thanks to the Nabataeans' undiminished talent for trading. [47] Under Hadrian, the limes Arabicus ignored most of the Nabatæan territory and ran northeast from Aila (modern Aqaba) at the head of the Gulf of Aqaba. A century later, during the reign of Alexander Severus, the local issue of coinage came to an ...
The Nabataeans generated wealth from the trade route that passed through their capital, Petra. [1] Frankincense, myrrh and other spices were transported in caravans from Eudaemon, across the Arabian Peninsula, through Petra and into the Port of Gaza for shipment to markets around the Mediterranean Sea. The Nabataeans taxed the caravans and ...
The Nabataeans were an Arab tribe who had come under significant Babylonian-Aramaean influence. [9] The first mention of the Nabataeans dates from 312/311 BC, when they were attacked at Sela or perhaps at Petra without success by Antigonus I's officer Athenaeus in the course of the Third War of the Diadochi; at that time Hieronymus of Cardia, a Seleucid officer, mentions the Nabataeans in a ...
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Among notable trade routes was the Amber Road, which served as a dependable network for long-distance trade. [1] Maritime trade along the Spice Route became prominent during the Middle Ages, when nations resorted to military means for control of this influential route. [2]
Thick Strip dancers Giselle Gonzalez, 29, foreground, of Los Angeles, and Vivi Fierce, 28, of Hollywood get ready before one of the group's semi-regular shows at the Ace Hotel. (Mel Melcon / Los ...