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Petra was the capital and royal city of the Nabataeans,
a semi-nomadic, Arab people who dominated the silk-and 
spice trade across the deserts. An outside staircase   
leads from the Cardo, Petra's main street, to a plateau
of rubble and ruins,caused by time and earthquakes.
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Petra was the capital and royal city of the Nabataeans, a semi-nomadic, Arab peo...

Petra was the capital and royal city of the Nabataeans,
a semi-nomadic, Arab people who dominated the silk-and 
spice trade across the deserts.The "Lions' Triclinium",
a cult place on the steep path to ed-Dir, also called  
"The Monastery".
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Petra was the capital and royal city of the Nabataeans, a semi-nomadic, Arab peo...

Petra was the capital and royal city of the Nabataeans,
a semi-nomadic, Arab people who dominated the silk-and 
spice trade across the deserts. Next to the steep      
path leading to the "Monastery", are steps hewn into   
the rock wich lead to other cult places or rock-tombs.
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Petra was the capital and royal city of the Nabataeans, a semi-nomadic, Arab peo...

Petra was the capital and royal city of the Nabataeans,
a semi-nomadic, Arab people who dominated the silk-and 
spice trade across the deserts. ed-Dir, Petra's largest
monument, is on a plateau 800 steps above the city.From
the 4th century onwards it was used as a monastery.
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Petra was the capital and royal city of the Nabataeans, a semi-nomadic, Arab peo...

Petra was the capital and royal city of the Nabataeans,
a semi-nomadic, Arab people who dominated the silk-and 
spice trade across the deserts. ed-Dir, Petra's largest
monument, is on a plateau 800 steps above the city.From
the 4th century onwards it was used as a monastery.
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Petra was the capital and royal city of the Nabataeans, a semi-nomadic, Arab peo...

Petra was the capital and royal city of the Nabataeans,
a semi-nomadic, Arab people who dominated the silk-and 
spice trade across the deserts. ed-Dir, Petra's largest
monument, is on a plateau 800 steps above the city.From
the 4th century onwards it was used as a monastery.
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Petra was the capital and royal city of the Nabataeans, a semi-nomadic, Arab peo...

Petra was the capital and royal city of the Nabataeans,
a semi-nomadic, Arab people who dominated the silk-and 
spice trade across the deserts. View from the steep    
path to the "Monastery" towards the lower-lying city   
of Petra.
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Petra was the capital and royal city of the Nabataeans, a semi-nomadic, Arab peo...

Petra was the capital and royal city of the Nabataeans,
a semi-nomadic Arab people who dominated the silk-and  
spice trade across the deserts. The mountains around   
Petra.
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Petra was the capital and royal city of the Nabataeans, a semi-nomadic Arab peop...

Gerasa (Jerash) in the north of Jordan, was a          
Hellenistic-Roman town which became rich as a safe     
trading post for Nabataean, Jewish and Roman merchants.
Triumphal Arch in the south of the city; erected for   
Emperor Hadrian's visit to Gerasa in 129/130 CE.
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Gerasa (Jerash) in the north of Jordan, was a Hellenistic-Roman town w...

Gerasa (Jerash) in the north of Jordan, was a          
Hellenistic-Roman town which became rich as a safe     
trading post for Nabataean, Jewish and Roman merchants.
Oval forum, surrounded by Ionic columns.
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Gerasa (Jerash) in the north of Jordan, was a Hellenistic-Roman town w...

Gerasa (Jerash) in the north of Jordan, was a          
Hellenistic-Roman town which became rich as a safe     
trading post for Nabataean, Jewish and Roman merchants.
Oval forum, surrounded by Ionic columns.
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Gerasa (Jerash) in the north of Jordan, was a Hellenistic-Roman town w...

Gerasa (Jerash) in the north of Jordan, was a          
Hellenistic-Roman town which became rich as a safe     
trading post for Nabataean, Jewish and Roman merchants.
Oval forum, surrounded by Ionic columns, a column,     
probably a base for a statue, in the center.
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Gerasa (Jerash) in the north of Jordan, was a Hellenistic-Roman town w...