Occurrence of Attributes in Original Text
The text related to the cultural heritage 'Petra' has mentioned 'Nabataeans' in the following places:
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| [5] The area around Petra has been inhabited from as early as 7000xc2xa0BC,[6] and the Nabataeans might have settled in what would become the capital city of their kingdom, as early as the 4th century BC. | WIKI |
| [6] The Nabataeans were nomadic Arabs who invested in Petra's proximity to the incense trade routes by establishing it as a major regional trading hub. | WIKI |
| The trading business gained the Nabataeans considerable revenue and Petra became the focus of their wealth. | WIKI |
| The Nabataeans were accustomed to living in the barren deserts, unlike their enemies, and were able to repel attacks by taking advantage of the area's mountainous terrain. | WIKI |
| Excavations have demonstrated that it was the ability of the Nabataeans to control the water supply that led to the rise of the desert city, creating an artificial oasis. | WIKI |
| The area is visited by flash floods, but archaeological evidence shows that the Nabataeans controlled these floods by the use of dams, cisterns and water conduits. | WIKI |
| In 2016, archaeologists using satellite imagery and drones discovered a very large, previously unknown monumental structure whose beginnings were tentatively dated to about 150 BC, the time when the Nabataeans initiated their public building programme. | WIKI |
| The Nabataeans were one among several nomadic Bedouin tribes that roamed the Arabian Desert and moved with their herds to wherever they could find pasture and water. | WIKI |
| [7] Although the Nabataeans were initially embedded in Aramaic culture, theories about them having Aramean roots are rejected by many modern scholars. | WIKI |
| 94xe2x80x9397) which describes the expeditions which Antigonus sent against the Nabataeans in 312 BCE, was understood by some researchers xe2x80x93 and not so by others xe2x80x93 to throw some light upon the history of Petra, but the "petra" (Greek for rock) referred to as a natural fortress and place of refuge cannot be a proper name, and the description implies that there was no town in existence there at the time. | WIKI |
| The Nabataeans worshipped Arab gods and goddesses during the pre-Islamic era as well as a few of their deified kings. | WIKI |
| Ever since Johann Ludwig Burckhardt[67] aka Sheikh Ibrahim had re-discovered the ruin city in Petra, Jordan, in 1812, the cultural heritage site has attracted different people who shared an interest in the ancient history and culture of the Nabataeans such as travellers, pilgrims, painters and savants. | WIKI |