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Petra Arabic: ٱلْبَتْرَاء‎, romanized: Al-BatrÄʾ; Ancient Greek: Î ÎÏ„Ïα, `Stone`, originally known to its inhabitants in Nabataean is a historical and archaeological city in southern Jordan. Petra lies around Jabal Al-Madbah in a basin surrounded by mountains which form the eastern flank of the Arabah valley that runs from the Dead Sea to the Gulf of Aqaba.[5] The area around Petra has been inhabited from as early as 7000 BC,[6] and the Nabataeans might have settled in what would become the capital city of their kingdom, as early as the 4th century BC.[7] However, archaeological work has only discovered evidence of Nabataean presence dating back to the second century BC,[8] by which time Petra had become their capital.[6] The Nabataeans were nomadic Arabs who invested in Petra`s proximity to the trade routes by establishing it as a major regional trading hub
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