Northern Arabia

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Northern Arabia is the northern portion of the Arabian Peninsula, encompassing desert and steppe regions that historically served as a crossroads between the Levant, Mesopotamia, and the rest of Arabia.

All labels observed (13)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geographical region
historical region
borders Central Arabia
Levant
linked to: Levant region

Mesopotamia
climate arid
semi-arid
contains parts of modern Iraq
parts of modern Jordan
parts of modern Kuwait
parts of modern Saudi Arabia
parts of modern Syria
crossroadsFor cultures of Levant, Mesopotamia, and Arabia
economicActivity caravan trade
pastoralism
hasArchaeologicalSite Dumat al-Jandal
linked to: Dumat Al-Jandal

Qaryat al-Faw
Tayma
hasFeature rocky plateaus
sand dunes
wadis
hasSubregion Al-Jawf
linked to: Al Jawf Region

Najd
Nefud Desert
Syrian Desert fringe
linked to: Syrian Desert

Wadi Sirhan
northern Hijaz interior
hasTerrain desert
steppe
historicallyInhabitedBy Arab tribes
Bedouin
linked to: Bedouin communities

nomadic pastoralists
historicallyServedAs crossroads between Mesopotamia and the rest of Arabia
crossroads between the Levant and the rest of Arabia
historicalPeriod early Islamic era
pre-Islamic era
importantFor connectivity between Levant and Arabian interior
connectivity between Mesopotamia and Arabian interior
knownFor camel pastoralism
oases along trade routes
languageFamilyHistoricallySpoken Semitic languages
locatedIn Asia
Western Asia
linked to: Middle East
partOf Arabian Peninsula
religionHistoricallyPracticed Islam
pre-Islamic Arabian polytheism
strategicRole buffer zone between settled empires and Arabian interior
traversedBy ancient caravan routes
incense trade routes

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (25)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Arabian Peninsula subregion Northern Arabia
Syrian Desert partOf northern Arabian Desert region
linked to: Northern Arabia
Nabataean alphabet usedInRegion North Arabia
linked to: Northern Arabia
Nabataean Arabic region Northwestern Arabia
linked to: Northern Arabia
Northern Borders Region locatedIn northern Saudi Arabia
linked to: Northern Arabia
Jethro associatedPlace northwestern Arabia (traditional location of Midian)
linked to: Northern Arabia
the Mountain of God candidateLocation northwest Arabia
linked to: Northern Arabia
Amalekites traditionalLocation northwestern Arabian Peninsula
linked to: Northern Arabia
Pre-Islamic Arabia includesRegion Northern Arabia
Banu Ghatafan partOf North Arabian tribes
linked to: Northern Arabia
Nabataean Aramaic region northwestern Arabia
linked to: Northern Arabia
People of Thamud ethnicGroupOf Northwestern Arabia
subject linked to: people of Thamud
linked to: Northern Arabia
Nbat geographicAssociation northwestern Arabia
linked to: Northern Arabia
Allat worshipRegion northern Arabia
linked to: Northern Arabia
Nabataean inscriptions geographicRegion Northwest Arabia
linked to: Northern Arabia
Safaitic Arabic region northern Arabia
linked to: Northern Arabia
Jubbah area locatedIn northern Saudi Arabia
linked to: Northern Arabia
Turaif locatedIn Northern Saudi Arabia
linked to: Northern Arabia
Al Uwayqilah locatedInGeographicalRegion Northern Saudi Arabia
linked to: Northern Arabia
Tema associatedWithRegion northwestern Arabia
linked to: Northern Arabia
Central Arabia borderedBy Northern Arabia
Shammar culturalArea Northern Arabia
Wadi Sirhan locatedIn northern Arabia
linked to: Northern Arabia
Turaif Governorate locatedIn Northern Saudi Arabia
linked to: Northern Arabia
Shaqilat II region North Arabia
linked to: Northern Arabia