15. The Nabataeans - The Final Days Of Petra
Fall of Civilizations Podcast
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Petra - A Spider's Web of Trade Routs Spreading Off in Every Direction
Petra sat at the centre of a spider's web of trade routs spreading off in every direction. Desert roads led to the port towns of basra and dahran in the persian gulf, where spices from east asia flowed. From the south, frankincense and mur poured into petra from the incense fields of yeman and oman. And on the road to the north lay the great cities of damascus and antioch.
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