Arabia Felix (literally: Fertile/Happy Arabia; also Ancient Greek: Εὐδαίμων Ἀραβία, Eudaemon Arabia) was the Latin name previously used by geographers...
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Arabia Felix. Arabia Deserta was one of three regions into which the Romans divided the Arabian peninsula: Arabia Deserta (or Arabia Magna), Arabia Felix...
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of Ptolemaic Egypt. Arabians used a north–south division of Arabia: Al Sham-Al Yaman, or Arabia Deserta-Arabia Felix. Arabia Felix had originally been...
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and Egypt, and on the south and east by the rest of Arabia, known as Arabia Deserta and Arabia Felix. The territory was annexed by Emperor Trajan, like...
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country is fertile. The Romans called it Arabia Felix (fertile Arabia), as opposed to Arabia Deserta (deserted Arabia). Classical Latin and Greek writers used...
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every year from Berenice Troglodytica and many times touched southern Arabia Felix on their travel to India, while doing the Spice Route. Mostly in order...
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people and fictional characters with the name Arabia Felix is the ancient Latin name of Yemen Felix, Spain, a municipality of the province Almería,...
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Greeks called Yemen "Arabia Felix" (Happy Arabia). The Romans called the vassal nomadic states within the Roman Empire "Arabia Petraea" after the city...
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country in the Arabian Peninsula Arabia Deserta, the desert interior of the Arabian Peninsula in modern-day Saudi Arabia Arabia Felix, modern-day Yemen...
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Felix Airways Limited, also known as Al Saeeda, (both meaning "Happy," from the Roman term for Yemen, Arabia Felix) is a regional airline based in Sana'a...
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Aelius Gallus (redirect from Roman invasion of Arabia)
BC. He is primarily known for a disastrous expedition he undertook to Arabia Felix (modern day Yemen) under orders of Augustus. Aelius Gallus was the 2nd...
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anti-Sasanid bloc in Arabia Felix. During the 2nd and 3rd centuries AD, the Southern part of Arabia, known in antiquity as Arabia Felix, had experienced Aksumite...
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colonies; and they took possession of Troglodytis and the country of Arabia Felix (Arabia the Happy), as far as it reaches to the Red Sea." Little else is...
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land of most of Arabia. The Romans called it Arabia Felix ("happy" or "fortunate" Arabia"), as opposed to Arabia Deserta ("deserted Arabia"). Latin and Greek...
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colonies; and they took possession of Troglodytis and the country of Arabia Felix, as far as it reaches to the Red Sea." Jokshan became the father of Sheba...
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said by Josephus to have settled "Troglodytis" and Arabia Felix Hijaz – the mountains on the Arabian coast of the Red Sea identified by Josephus Thamud...
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Ancient history of Yemen (redirect from Ancient history of South Arabia)
described Yemen as Eudaimon Arabia (better known in its Latin translation, Arabia Felix) meaning Fortunate Arabia or Happy Arabia. Between the eighth century...
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however, is not indigenous to Egypt, but the layers are brought there from Arabia Felix; Prosperus Alpinus has published a plate of it. Dioscorides (De materia...
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Eudaimon Arabia (better known in its Latin translation, Arabia Felix) meaning "fortunate Arabia" or "Happy Arabia". Yemenis had developed the South Arabian alphabet...
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chronicled by the 20th century novelist, Thorkild Hansen, in his novel Arabia Felix. Six people went on the expedition, and five died. † denotes which members...
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country of Arabia Felix, as far as it reaches to the Red Sea." For such reasons, Zimran has also been tentatively identified by some with the Arabian town of...
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Mecca (redirect from Mecca, Saudi Arabia)
Macoraba, another ancient city name mentioned by Claudius Ptolemy Felix' Arabia Felix, was also claimed to be Mecca. Some studies have questioned this...
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Atlantis of the Sands (redirect from Atlantis of the Sands: the Search for a Lost City in Southern Arabia)
declared that this was the Omanum Emporium of Ptolemy's famous map of Arabia Felix. A contemporary notice at the entrance to an archaeological site at Shisr...
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quite well known in the classical world, and its country was called Arabia Felix. Around the mid-1st millennium BC, there were Sabaeans also in Ethiopia...
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CITEREFGonzague_Ryckmans1952 (help) J. F. Breton (Trans. Albert LaFarge), Arabia Felix From The Time Of The Queen Of Sheba, Eighth Century B.C. To First Century...
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Taran Yaub, ca. 200 A.D. … | Drouot.com". drouot.com. "Greek Coinage; Arabia Felix Himyarites, 1st Century AD, NGC VF, Store #191510". Integrity Coin Store...
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Aden (category Articles containing Old South Arabian-language text)
p.24 The travels of Ludovico di Varthema in Egypt, Syria, Arabia Deserta and Arabia Felix, in Persia, India, and Ethiopia; A.D. 1503 to 1508 Lodovico...
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1960s and 1970s, which originally included both Egypt and Syria. Arabia Felix Arabian Peninsula Cradle of civilization Fertile Crescent Levant Maghreb...
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that always included the Gulf of Aden, and at times other seas between Arabia Felix and the Horn of Africa. Originally an ancient Greek geographical designation...
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