Fertile Arabia ( Arabia Felix ) ( lat. Arabia Felix , Greek Εὐδαίμων Ἀραβία ) - the ancient name of the southern part of the Arabian Peninsula [1] [2] .
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Title
"Fertile Arabia" is a translation of the Latin "Arabia Felix". Felix translates as "happy, lucky, blessed", as well as "fertile, fertile."
Arabia Felix was one of the three regions into which the Romans divided the Arabian Peninsula: the Arabian Desert, the Fertile Arabia, and the Petraian Arabia .
History
In the southwest of the peninsula, more rain fell, the terrain was much greener than the rest of the peninsula and, accordingly, the local population had more productive fields. High peaks and slopes have significant vegetation and river beds, called wadi , have fertile soils.
In 26 BC e. Guy Eli Gall, on the orders of Augustus, went on a military expedition to Arabia , which ended in the defeat of the Roman troops.
The wealth of Arabia led to a monopoly on the trade in cinnamon and spices and imports from India and the Horn of Africa [3] .
Notes
- ↑ Webster's New Geographical Dictionary (Springfield, Mass., 1972), p. 63.
- ↑ Graf, D., R. Talbert, S. Gillies, T. Elliott, J. Becker. Places: 746710 (Arabia Eudaemon) . Pleiades. Date of treatment November 1, 2014.
- ↑ Harding, G. Lankester. Inside Arabia Felix // Saudi Aramco World: magazine. - Houston, TX. - Vol. 16 , no. 1 . - P. 24-27 . Archived on September 5, 2009.
Literature
- Edward Gibbon . Ch. L (50). Description of Arabia and its Inhabitants. // The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire .