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The Nabataean religion was a form of Arab polytheism practiced in Nabataea, an ancient Arab nation which was well settled by the third century BCE and lasted until the Roman annexation in 106 CE. [1] The Nabateans were polytheistic and worshipped a wide variety of local gods as well as Baalshamin , Isis , and Greco-Roman gods such as Tyche 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, mentioned the Nabataeans in a ...
This category is intended for all articles and categories concerning all and every aspects of ancient Nabataea: the kingdom, rulers, people, language, religion, etc. Subcategories This category has the following 8 subcategories, out of 8 total.
The Nabataean Kingdom (Nabataean Aramaic: 𐢕𐢃𐢋𐢈 Nabāṭū), also named Nabatea (/ ˌ n æ b ə ˈ t iː ə /), was a political state of the Nabataeans during classical antiquity. The Nabataean Kingdom controlled many of the trade routes of the region, amassing large wealth and drawing the envy of its neighbors.
Dushara. Dushara (Nabataean Arabic: 𐢅𐢈𐢝𐢛𐢀 dwšrʾ ), also transliterated as Dusares, is a pre-Islamic Arabian god worshipped by the Nabataeans at Petra and Madain Saleh (of which city he was the patron).
The Nabataean script is an abjad (consonantal alphabet) that was used to write Nabataean Aramaic and Nabataean Arabic from the second century BC onwards. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Important inscriptions are found in Petra (now in Jordan ), the Sinai Peninsula (now part of Egypt ), and other archaeological sites including Abdah (in Israel ) and Mada'in Saleh ...
The solutions adopted, the methods and techniques employed, confirm that Nabataean hydraulic design could meet, if not exceed, the needs of Petra and were one of the main reasons for the prosperity of the city for centuries [42]..." Water was scarce in Petra, especially during the hot, dry season from June to September, when plants, animals and ...
Together with al-Mas'udi's historical works, and like the latter written in the context of the Shu'ubiyya movement which sought to preserve and promote the heritage of non-Arab peoples, the Nabataean Agriculture is the product of a conscious attempt to write down what was known at the time about pre-Islamic Mesopotamian, 'Nabataean' culture, a ...