Sunday, November 25, 2007
petra in jordan
petra was first established
somatime around the 6th
century bc,by the nabataean
arabs
anomadic tirbe who
settled in the area and laid
the foundatians of a commercial
empier that extanded
into syria
despite successive attempts
by the seleucid king antigonus
the roman emperor pompey
and herod the great to bring
petra
under the control of their
respective... [read more]
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