Arabia Deserta

Arabia Deserta

Arabia Deserta ("Desert Arabia") in Latin signified the desert interior of the Arabian peninsula. In ancient times, this land was populated by nomadic tribes who frequently invaded richer lands, such as Mesopotamia and Arabia Felix.

Arabia Deserta was one of three regions into which the Romans divided the Arabian peninsula: "Arabia Deserta", "Arabia Felix", and "Arabia Petraea". As a name for the region, it remained popular into the 19th and 20th centuries, and was used in Charles M. Doughty's "Travels in Arabia Deserta" (1888).


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  • Arabia Deserta — /di zerr teuh/ an ancient division of Arabia, in the N part between Syria and Mesopotamia. * * * …   Universalium

  • Arabia Deserta — Desert Arabia in the northern sector of the Arabian Peninsula …   Eponyms, nicknames, and geographical games

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  • Travels in Arabia Deserta — was written by Charles Montagu Doughty (1843 ndash; 1926) who was an English poet, writer, and traveller.References and further reading* Cousin, John W. [http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/13240 A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature] …   Wikipedia

  • Arabia Pétrea — Wikipedia, la enciclopedia libre …   Wikipedia Español

  • Arabia — ist: in der antiken Geographie: die arabische Halbinsel, insbesondere der Südwesten mit dem heutigen Jemen, siehe Arabia Felix eine Provinz des Römischen Reiches, das Gebiet des ehemaligen Nabatäerreiches umfassend, siehe Arabia Petraea die… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Arabia (disambiguation) — Arabia may refer to: * Arab world, twenty three Arabic speaking countries * Arabian Peninsula, a geographic area in Asia * Arabia Deserta, the desert interior of the Arabian peninsula * Arabia Felix, modern day Yemen * Saudi Arabia, the largest… …   Wikipedia

  • Arabia Felix — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda Arabia Felix (Arabia Feliz) es el nombre recibido en latín en la Antigüedad por una de las tres partes en que se dividía la Península Arábiga, junto a la Arabia Petrea y la Arabia Deserta, región de vagos contornos,… …   Wikipedia Español

  • Arabia — /euh ray bee euh/, n. a peninsula in SW Asia, including Saudi Arabia, Yemen Arab Republic, People s Democratic Republic of Yemen, Oman, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, and Kuwait: divided in ancient times into Arabia Deserta, Arabia Petraea, and …   Universalium

  • Arabia — Para otros usos de este término, véase Arabia (desambiguación) y Pueblo árabe. Península arábiga (o Arabia) (شبه الجزيرة العربية) …   Wikipedia Español

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