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690 22c. the arabs<br />

a<br />

40°N<br />

b<br />

30°N<br />

c<br />

20°N<br />

d<br />

A 40°E<br />

B 50°E<br />

C<br />

Antioch Beroea<br />

(Aleppo)<br />

Jerusalem<br />

R. Orontes<br />

W. Sirhan<br />

H I J A Z<br />

R e d S e a<br />

Black Sea C a s p ian S e a<br />

Damascus<br />

al-Jabiya<br />

-<br />

˛Gaza<br />

Mu tah.<br />

Petra<br />

Ayla al-Duma<br />

-<br />

-<br />

–<br />

Edessa<br />

Tadmur<br />

(Palmyra)<br />

Tayma ˛-<br />

Yathrib<br />

(Medina)<br />

Mecca<br />

al-Ta . if -<br />

˛<br />

Dara<br />

Nisibis<br />

R. Euphrate<br />

al-Hıra<br />

-<br />

.<br />

W. al-Dawasir<br />

Najran<br />

-<br />

Ctesiphon<br />

SCALE<br />

0<br />

A 40°E<br />

B<br />

50°E<br />

R. Tigris<br />

˛-<br />

. San a<br />

Bab al-Mandab<br />

-<br />

S A<br />

˛<br />

W. al-Rumma<br />

-<br />

M A I N<br />

B A ˛<br />

˛<br />

-<br />

Y E M E N<br />

Land over 1000 metres<br />

Map 20 Pre-Islamic Arabia and its northern neighbours<br />

<strong>Cambridge</strong> <strong>Hi</strong>stories Online © <strong>Cambridge</strong> University Press, 2008<br />

0<br />

Qarnaw<br />

Shabwa<br />

Mar ib<br />

˛<br />

Tamna<br />

-<br />

QATABAN<br />

Aden<br />

˛<br />

s<br />

P e rsi a n G u l f<br />

Gerrha<br />

H A D R A M A W T<br />

. .<br />

. .<br />

250 500 750 km<br />

W. Hadramawt<br />

250 500 miles<br />

20°N<br />

Arabian Sea<br />

C<br />

a<br />

40°N<br />

b<br />

30°N<br />

Straits <strong>of</strong><br />

Hormuz<br />

c<br />

d

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