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The Nabataeans: Spice Kings of the Desert
Before the Romans and the Silk Road, the Nabataeans controlled the frankincense and myrrh trade from southern Arabia to the Mediterranean. Based in the rose-red city of Petra, they built a wealthy kingdom by mastering water management in the desert—elaborate cisterns and channels that allowed them to thrive where others couldn't. This episode explores how they rose from nomadic herders to a commercial superpower, their crucial role in the spice trade, and their eventual absorption into the Roman Empire under Trajan in 106 AD. We also look at the enigmatic figure of their last king…
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