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Nessana, the Glossary

Nessana, Modern Hebrew name Nizzana, also spelled Nitzana (ניצנה), is an ancient Nabataean city located in the southwest Negev desert in Israel close to the Egyptian border.^[1]

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Buildings and structures in Southern District (Israel)
Nabataean architecture
Nabataean sites in Israel
Protected areas of Southern District (Israel)
Ramat Negev Regional Council

Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan

Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan ibn al-Hakam (translit; July/August 644 or June/July 647 – 9 October 705) was the fifth Umayyad caliph, ruling from April 685 until his death in October 705.

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Aeneid

The Aeneid (Aenē̆is or) is a Latin epic poem that tells the legendary story of Aeneas, a Trojan who fled the fall of Troy and travelled to Italy, where he became the ancestor of the Romans.

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Auja al-Hafir

Auja al-Hafir (عوجة الحفير, also Auja) was an ancient road junction close to water wells in the western Negev and eastern Sinai.

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Beersheba

Beersheba, officially Be'er-Sheva (usually spelled Beer Sheva; Bəʾēr Ševaʿ,; Biʾr as-Sabʿ), is the largest city in the Negev desert of southern Israel.

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Byzantine Empire

The Byzantine Empire, also referred to as the Eastern Roman Empire, was the continuation of the Roman Empire centered in Constantinople during Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages.

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Camel train

A camel train, caravan, or camel string is a series of camels carrying passengers and goods on a regular or semi-regular service between points.

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Christians

A Christian is a person who follows or adheres to Christianity, a monotheistic Abrahamic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ.

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Egypt

Egypt (مصر), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a transcontinental country spanning the northeast corner of Africa and the Sinai Peninsula in the southwest corner of Asia.

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Ernest L. Hettich

Ernest Leopold Baron Hettich von Dobschütz (1897–1973) was an American scholar of classics.

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Gaza City

Gaza, also called Gaza City, is a Palestinian city in the Gaza Strip.

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Gaza wine, vinum Gazentum in Latin, probably identical with Ashkelon wine, was a much-appreciated sweet wine produced mainly during the Byzantine period in southern Palestine, with major production areas in the Negev Highlands and the southern coastal area including the area around Gaza and Ashkelon.

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Gospel of John

The Gospel of John (translit) is the fourth of the New Testament's four canonical gospels.

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Greek inscriptions

The Greek-language inscriptions and epigraphy are a major source for understanding of the society, language and history of ancient Greece and other Greek-speaking or Greek-controlled areas.

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Hebron

Hebron (الخليل, or خَلِيل الرَّحْمَن; חֶבְרוֹן) is a Palestinian.

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Incense trade route

The incense trade route was an ancient network of major land and sea trading routes linking the Mediterranean world with eastern and southern sources of incense, spices and other luxury goods, stretching from Mediterranean ports across the Levant and Egypt through Northern East Africa and Arabia to India and beyond.

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Israel

Israel, officially the State of Israel, is a country in the Southern Levant, West Asia.

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The Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA, רשות העתיקות rashut ha-'atiqot; داﺌرة الآثار, before 1990, the Israel Department of Antiquities) is an independent Israeli governmental authority responsible for enforcing the 1978 Law of Antiquities.

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Jerusalem

Jerusalem is a city in the Southern Levant, on a plateau in the Judaean Mountains between the Mediterranean and the Dead Sea.

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Military saint

The military saints, warrior saints and soldier saints are patron saints, martyrs and other saints associated with the military.

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Muslim conquest of the Levant

The Muslim conquest of the Levant (Fatḥ al-šām; lit. "Conquest of Syria"), or Arab conquest of Syria, was a 634–638 CE invasion of Byzantine Syria by the Rashidun Caliphate.

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Nabataean Arabic

Nabataean Arabic was the dialect of Arabic spoken by the Nabataeans in antiquity.

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Nabataeans

The Nabataeans or Nabateans (translit) were an ancient Arab people who inhabited northern Arabia and the southern Levant.

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Negev

The Negev (hanNégev) or Negeb (an-Naqab) is a desert and semidesert region of southern Israel.

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Nitzana, Israel

Nitzana (נִצָּנָה, ניצנה) is an educational youth village and community settlement in southern Israel. Nessana and Nitzana, Israel are Ramat Negev Regional Council.

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Onomastics

Onomastics (or, in older texts, onomatology) is the study of the etymology, history, and use of proper names.

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Papyrus

Papyrus is a material similar to thick paper that was used in ancient times as a writing surface.

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Petroglyph

A petroglyph is an image created by removing part of a rock surface by incising, picking, carving, or abrading, as a form of rock art.

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Phylarch

A phylarch (φύλαρχος, phylarchus) is a Greek title meaning "ruler of a tribe", from phyle, "tribe" + archein "to rule".

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Roman Empire

The Roman Empire was the state ruled by the Romans following Octavian's assumption of sole rule under the Principate in 27 BC, the post-Republican state of ancient Rome.

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Sergius and Bacchus

Sergius (or Serge) and Bacchus (Greek: Σέργιος & Βάκχος;;, also called) were fourth-century Syrian Christian soldiers revered as martyrs and military saints by the Catholic, Eastern Orthodox and Oriental Orthodox Churches.

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Sinai Peninsula

The Sinai Peninsula, or simply Sinai (سِينَاء; سينا; Ⲥⲓⲛⲁ), is a peninsula in Egypt, and the only part of the country located in Asia.

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Southern District (Israel)

The Southern District (מחוז הדרום, Meḥoz HaDarom; لواء الجنوب) is one of Israel's six administrative districts, the largest in terms of land area but the most sparsely populated.

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Syriac language

The Syriac language (Leššānā Suryāyā), also known natively in its spoken form in early Syriac literature as Edessan (Urhāyā), the Mesopotamian language (Nahrāyā) and Aramaic (Aramāyā), is an Eastern Middle Aramaic dialect. Classical Syriac is the academic term used to refer to the dialect's literary usage and standardization, distinguishing it from other Aramaic dialects also known as 'Syriac' or 'Syrian'.

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Umayyad Caliphate

The Umayyad Caliphate or Umayyad Empire (al-Khilāfa al-Umawiyya) was the second caliphate established after the death of the Islamic prophet Muhammad and was ruled by the Umayyad dynasty.

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Virgil

Publius Vergilius Maro (traditional dates 15 October 70 BC21 September 19 BC), usually called Virgil or Vergil in English, was an ancient Roman poet of the Augustan period.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nessana

Also known as Nittzannah, Nitzana (Nabataean city), Nitzana (Nabatean city), Nizana.

Nessana, the Glossary

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See also

Buildings and structures in Southern District (Israel)

Nabataean architecture

Nabataean sites in Israel

Protected areas of Southern District (Israel)

Ramat Negev Regional Council

References