The Ancient Arabs: Nomads on the Borders of the Fertile Crescent, 9th-5th Centuries B.C

8th century B.C. Abiyate Achaemenid period Akkadian Albright Annals appears Arabian trade Arabs Aššur Assurbanipal Assurbanipal's Assyrian army Assyrian king Babylon Babylonian Chronicle biblical booty border regions camels campaign Chron Damascus Dedan documents Dumah Egypt Egyptian Ephah Episode Esarhaddon Fertile Crescent Gaza geographical Hazael Heidel Prism Herodotus historical ibid identified inscriptions of Assurbanipal Iraq Ištar Jetur Judah kingdom land of Bāzu Letter to Aššur Me'unites mentioned military Musil Nabonidus Naphish Nebaioth Nebuchadnezzar's Nimrud Nineveh nomad groups nomads North Arabia northern Sinai Palestine passages Persian Qedar Qedarites Rassam Cylinder reference reign Rost routes Sabaean Šamaš Šamaš-šum-ukin Samsi šar Sargon Sennacherib Septuagint Sheba Slab Sons of Ishmael Sons of Qeturah southern Palestine spelling Streck Syria Tadmor Te'ri Tema territory Thamud Tiglath-Pileser III Tiglath-Pileser's toponym Transjordan tribes tribute Uaite viii western Winnett Yauta