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Petra (deserted settlement) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 30 19 43 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 30.3280 decimal degrees |
| Long: 035 26 31 E degrees minutes |
Long: 35.4410 decimal degrees |
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Note: Located on a terrace pierced by Valley of Moses; valley is enclosed by colorful sandstone cliffs; was wealthy commercial city with important caravan trade; noted for rock-cut monuments, that is buildings cut from the living rock; was place from which Edomites were driven in 300 BCE by Nabataeans who held it as their capital until 106 CE; was chief city of Arabia Petraea; taken by Muslims in the 7th century; captured by Crusaders in the 12th century; rediscovered by Western world in 1812. |
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| Petra (preferred,C,V)
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| Baṭrāʻ (C,V)
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| Πέτρα (C,V,Greek,U)
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| Al Batrāʻ (C,V)
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| البترا (C,V,Arabic,U)
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| Petrah (C,V)
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| Raqmu (C,V)
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............ | Nabatean name |
| Selah (C,V)
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| Sela (C,V)
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| Gaia (C,V)
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| Reqem (C,V)
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| Vallis Moysi (C,V)
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Asia (continent) (P) |
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Ma‘ān (governorate) (P) |
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Petra (deserted settlement) (P) |
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Additional Parents: |
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Petra (deserted settlement) (P,H) |
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Place Types: |
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| deserted settlement (preferred, C) |
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was important ancient site |
| archaeological site (C) |
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excavations began in 1958 |
| World Heritage Site (C) |
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| rock-cut architecture (C) |
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| inhabited place (H) |
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| archiepiscopal see (H) |
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300-600 |
| capital (H) |
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of Edom during ancient times; also of the Roman province of Arabia Petraea |
| Nabatean (H) |
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Related geographic places: |
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| capital of .... |
Arabia Petraea .......... (province) |
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(World, Roman Republic and Empire) [6000352] |
| near/adjacent to .... |
Khirbet ed-Dharih .......... (deserted settlement) |
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(World, Asia, Al Urdun, Aţ Ţafīlah) [7026138] |
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Sources and Contributors: |
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| Vallis Moysi.......... |
[VP] |
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Pleiades (2006-) accessed 4 March 2020 |
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