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The ancient history of the Negev includes periods of Egyptian and Nabataean dominance, the rise of local cultures such as the Edomites, and notable agricultural and architectural developments during the Byzantine and early Islamic eras.
The Roman province "Palaestina Salutaris" In accordance with the population distribution, both the Romans [18] [19] and the early Arabs [20] organized the region territorially in such a way that the Negev was not grouped with Palestine, but rather with the rest of the Sinai Peninsula and parts of what is now southwestern Jordan and the northwestern Hejaz.
A map considered by the British Cabinet in 1918 suggested that the Negev could be included in either Palestine or Egypt. [ 44 ] The 1916 Sykes-Picot Agreement between Britain and France placed the Negev in Area B, "Arab state or states" under British patronage. [ 45 ]
Avdat or Ovdat (Hebrew: עבדת), and Abdah or Abde (Arabic: عبدة), are the modern names of an archaeological site corresponding to the ancient Nabataean, Roman and Byzantine settlement of Oboda (tabula Peutingeriana; Stephanus Byzantinus) or Eboda (Ptolemaeus 5:16, 4) [1] in the Negev desert in southern Israel.
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.
According to the Hebrew Bible, the Kenites/Qenites (/ ˈ k iː n aɪ t / or / ˈ k ɛ n aɪ t /; Hebrew: קֵינִי , romanized: Qēni) were a tribe in the ancient Levant. [1] [2] They settled in the towns and cities in the northeastern Negev in an area known as the "Negev of the Kenites" near Arad, and played an important role in the ...
Nessana, [1] Modern Hebrew name Nizzana, [2] also spelled Nitzana (Hebrew: ניצנה), is an ancient Nabataean city located in the southwest Negev desert in Israel close to the Egyptian border. It started by being a caravan station on the ancient Incense Road , protecting a western branch of the road which allowed access to Egypt to the west ...
Position of Tel Haror on the shore of Nahal Gerar river. Tel Haror (Hebrew name) or Tell Abu Hureyra [1] (Arabic name; also spelled Hureira and Hareira), also known as Tel Heror, [citation needed] is an archaeological site in the western Negev Desert, Israel, [1] northwest of Beersheba, about 20 km east of the Mediterranean Sea, [citation needed] situated on the north bank of Wadi Gerar, [1] a ...