The Story of the Trading Empire of the Nabatians

In this episode, i look at one of most remarkable stories of civilizational survival to come down to us from the ancient world. I want to explore how these once humble traders rose to become masters of the desert sands and to defy empires. And what did it feel like to be a person alive at the time who witnessed the end of their world? Beneath the lands of jordan, where this historical drama will unfold, two great beds of sandstone stretch otthese are known as disi sandstone and um ishrin sandstone.