Achaemenid Arabia

Achaemenid army, circa 480 BCE. Xerxes I

The name for Arabia as an Achaemenid territory in the DNa inscription of Darius the Great (circa 490 BC): Arabāya (𐎠𐎼𐎲𐎠𐎹)

Arabia (Old Persian cuneiform: 𐎠𐎼𐎲𐎠𐎹, Arabāya) was a satrapy (province) of the Achaemenid Empire.^[2] Achaemenid Arabia corresponded to the lands between

Achaemenid Babylonia

, but later became its own province.

Arabs were not considered as subjects to the Achaemenids, as other peoples were, and were exempt from taxation. Instead, they simply provided 1,000 talents of frankincense a year. They also helped the Achaemenids invade Egypt by providing water skins to the troops crossing the desert.^[4]

They were enrolled in the

Naqsh-e Rustam

.

References

^ DNa - Livius. p. DNa inscription Line 27.
^ DNa - Livius. p. DNa inscription Line 27.
^ "Arabia". Archived from the original on 2013-09-01. Retrieved 2007-05-22.
^ Encyclopaedia Iranica Archived November 12, 2007, at the Wayback Machine

[1] DNa - Livius. p. DNa inscription Line 27.

[2] DNa - Livius. p. DNa inscription Line 27.

[3] "Arabia". Archived from the original on 2013-09-01. Retrieved 2007-05-22.

[4] Encyclopaedia Iranica Archived November 12, 2007, at the Wayback Machine

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