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090 $aDS154.9.P48$bT39 2002
100 1 $aTaylor, Jane,$d1940-$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n85060581
245 10 $aPetra and the lost kingdom of the Nabataeans /$cJane Taylor.
246 30 $aNabataeans
260 $aCambridge, Mass. :$bHarvard University Press,$c2002.
300 $a224 pages :$billustrations (some color), maps ;$c29 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
500 $aOriginally published: London, I.B. Tauris, 2001.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [221]) and index.
505 00 $tPrelude: Alexander the Great, Frankincense and the Nabataeans --$g1.$tThey Came from Arabia ...: The Origins of the Nabataeans and the Incense Trade --$g2.$t... Into a Habitation of Dragons: Settling in the Land of Edom and the Emergence of the Kingdom --$g3.$tFriends, Foes and Neighbours: Relations with Egypt, Syria and Judaca --$g4.$tDays of Glory, Days of Dust: From Independence to Roman Annexation --$g5.$tThe Miracle of Petra: The Development of the Capital --$g6.$tThe Delicate Magic of Life: Nabataean Gods and Places of Worship --$g7.$tLanguage, Script and Graffiti: Speaking Arabic, Writing Aramaic and Carving Inscriptions --$g8.$tBabatha: The Life, Loves and Litigation of a Woman among the Nabataeans --$g9.$tAfterglow of Empire: Nabataeans and Christianity in the Byzantine Era --$tEpilogue: The Nabataeans in the Islamic World.
520 1 $a"The Nabataean Arabs, one of the most gifted peoples of the ancient world, are today known only for their hauntingly beautiful rock-carved capital - Petra. Here, in the wild and grand landscapes of southern Jordan, they created some of the most prodigious works of man in the vast monuments which they chiselled there from the russet sandstone mountains.
520 8 $aThe very scale of their achievement is breathtaking but beyond mere scale is their creative vision, for they transformed the living rock of Petra into an enduring architectural masterpiece.".
520 8 $a"This illustrated volume recounts the story of a remarkable but lost civilization and the capacity of its people to adapt and diversify their skills as necessity demanded. It tells of their nomadic origins, the development of their multifaceted culture, their relations with their now more famous neighbours and the demise of their kings and kingdom. It looks at their continued, if unrecognized, survival as Christians and farmers under the Byzantine Empire and into the early years of Islam."--BOOK JACKET.
651 0 $aPetra (Extinct city)$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85100338
650 0 $aNabataeans.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85089476
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