Arab trading kingdom centered on the rock-carved city of Petra that dominated the overland incense and spice routes before Rome absorbed it as the province of Arabia Petraea in 106 CE.
Annexed by the Roman Empire in 106 CE following the death of the last Nabataean king Rabbel II Soter; the Roman governor Cornelius Palma occupied Petra and the kingdom was reorganised as the province of Arabia Petraea under emperor Trajan.
The atlas holds 4 border frames for Nabataean Kingdom — the shape you scrub through changes in 312 BC · 250 BC · 150 BC · 50 BC.
The foundational English-language study of Nabataean–Roman relations and the annexation of Petra; covers the kingdom's political and commercial history.
A well-regarded illustrated survey of Petra and Nabataean civilization written for general readers.