Arabia Deserta

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A French "Map of the Three Arabias excerpted partly from the Arab of Nubia, partly from several other authors".
By Nicolas Sanson, 1654. Deserta is the small green one in the north. The big yellow one is "Yemen".

Arabia Deserta (Latin meaning "Abandoned/Deserted Arabia"), also known as Arabia Magna ("Great Arabia"), signified the

Arabian peninsula. In ancient times, this land was populated by nomadic Bedouin tribes who frequently invaded richer lands, such as Mesopotamia and Arabia Felix
.

Arabia Deserta was one of three regions into which the

Bibliography

  • G.W. Bowersock
    , "The three Arabias in Ptolemy's geography" and "Arabs and Saracens in the Historia Augusta" in G.W. Bowersock, Studies on the Eastern Roman Empire, Goldbach, 1994.
  • F. Millar, The Roman Near East, London, 1994, pp. 514 ff.

References

  1. ^ "Carte des trois Arabies : tirée en partie de l'Arabe de Nubie, en partie de divers autres auteurs" [Map of the Three Arabias: Excerpted Partly from the Arab of Nubia, Partly from Several Other Authors]. World Data Library (in French). 1654.