Petra

Petra (Jordan) "From time to time, minor kingdoms appeared in northern Arabia. That of the Nabataeans of Petra in modern Jordan, lasting from the fourth century BC for AD 106, was based on trade. Its wealth is clear from the spectacular rock-hewn temples and tombs which remain; this one is known as the Treasury."
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Petra (Jordan)

"From time to time, minor kingdoms appeared in northern Arabia. That of the Nabataeans of Petra in modern Jordan, lasting from the fourth century BC for AD 106, was based on trade. Its wealth is clear from the spectacular rock-hewn temples and tombs which remain; this one is known as the Treasury."

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Photos and captions are from The Cambridge Illustrated History of the Islamic World, edited by Francis Robinson (Cambridge University Press, 1996).

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