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  2. Arabia Petraea - Wikipedia

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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) or simply Arabia, was a frontier province of the Roman Empire beginning in the 2nd century.

  3. Arabia Deserta - Wikipedia

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    Arabia Deserta was one of three regions into which the Romans divided the 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 centuries, and was used in Charles M. Doughty's Travels in Arabia Deserta (1888). [1]

  4. File:Map of Ancient Arabia - 1720.tif - Wikipedia

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    The map shows a peninsula near present-day Bahrain. The islands of “Arathos” and “Thylaso” indicate Muharraq and Bahrain islands, respectively, which are actually located north of Qatar. On this map, they are placed on the Persian coast side, probably because the cartographer confused them with “Hormuz” and “Qishm.”

  5. Arabian Peninsula - Wikipedia

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    From 106 AD to 630 AD northwestern Arabia was under the control of the Roman Empire, which renamed it Arabia Petraea. [55] Central Arabia was the location of the Kingdom of Kinda in the 4th, 5th and early 6th centuries. Eastern Arabia was home to the Dilmun civilization. The earliest known events in Arabian history are migrations from the ...

  6. File:Roman Empire - Arabia Petraea (125 AD).svg - Wikipedia

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    Español: Localización de la provincia de Arabia Petraea en el Imperio Romano (125). Extraído de File:Roman Empire 125 political map.svg English: Locator map of the Arabia Petraea province in the Roman Empire (125).

  7. Category:Arabia Petraea - Wikipedia

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    Articles relating to Arabia Petraea, a frontier province of the Roman Empire beginning in the 2nd century. It consisted of the former Nabataean Kingdom in the southern Levant, the Sinai Peninsula, and the northwestern Arabian Peninsula.

  8. Arabia Felix - Wikipedia

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    A 1787 French map of Arabie Heureuse by Clouet, J. B. L. (Jean-Baptiste Louis). Arabia Felix (literally: Fertile/Happy Arabia; also Ancient Greek: Εὐδαίμων Ἀραβία, Eudaemon Arabia) was the Latin name previously used by geographers to describe South Arabia, [1] [2] or what is now Yemen. [3]

  9. Perea - Wikipedia

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    Perea and its surroundings in the 1st century CE Incorporation into Arabia Petraea 106–630 CE. Perea or Peraea (Greek: Περαία, "the country beyond") was the term used mainly during the early Roman period for part of ancient Transjordan.