The Nabataeans or Nabateans were an ancient Arab people who inhabited northern Arabia and the southern Levant. Their settlements—most prominently the assumed capital city of Raqmu (present-day Petra, 查看更多內容

Neo-Assyrian period
The Nabataeans were first mentioned, under the name of Nabatu, by the Neo-Assyrian king Tukultī-apil-Ešarra III, who mistakenly … 查看更多內容

The Nabataeans spoke an Arabic dialect but, for their inscriptions, used a form of Aramaic that was heavily influenced by Arabic forms … 查看更多內容

• Apollodorus of Damascus - Nabataean architect and engineer from Damascus, Roman Syria, who flourished during the 2nd century AD. … 查看更多內容

The Nabataeans were an Arab tribe who had come under significant Babylonian-Aramaean influence.
Some scholars have identified the people named as … 查看更多內容

Many examples of graffiti and inscriptions—largely of names and greetings—document the area of Nabataean culture, which extended as far north as the north end of the Dead Sea, and testify to widespread literacy; but except for a few … 查看更多內容

Although not as dry as at present, the area occupied by the Nabataeans was still a desert and required special techniques for agriculture. One was to contour an area of land into a … 查看更多內容