King's Highway (ancient route)

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King's Highway (ancient route) was an important ancient trade and military road running north–south through the Levant, linking Egypt with Mesopotamia and the Arabian Peninsula.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient road
ancient trade route
historical route
associatedWith Incense trade
Kingdom of Ammon
Kingdom of Edom
linked to: Edom

Kingdom of Moab
Nabataean trade
connects Arabian Peninsula
Egypt
Mesopotamia
culturalContext Egyptian civilization
Levantine civilizations
Mesopotamian civilizations
linked to: Mesopotamia
direction north–south
functionedAs royal road
historicalPeriod Bronze Age
Iron Age
linkedTo Persian Gulf region
Red Sea ports
locatedIn Levant
linked to: Levant region
mentionedIn Book of Deuteronomy
Book of Numbers
Hebrew Bible
linked to: Tanakh
modernCountry Jordan
Saudi Arabia
Syria
parallels Via Maris
partOf ancient Near Eastern trade network
passesNear Damascus
passesThrough Ammon
Edom
Moab
region ancient Near East
strategicImportance control of regional trade
military logistics in the Levant
terminus Damascus
Egypt
Gulf of Aqaba
traverses Transjordan
modern Jordan
usedBy Arabian caravans
Egyptian traders
Mesopotamian traders
usedFor caravan traffic
military movements
trade

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Levant region traversedBy King's Highway (ancient route)