Nabataean Kingdom

Nabataean Kingdom
𐢕𐢃𐢋𐢈
3rd century BC–106 AD
The Nabataean Kingdom at its greatest extent
The Nabataean Kingdom at its greatest extent
CapitalPetra
30°19′43″N 35°26′31″E / 30.3286°N 35.4419°E / 30.3286; 35.4419
Common languages
Religion
Nabataean religion
Demonym(s)Nabataean
GovernmentMonarchy
King 
Historical eraAntiquity
• Established
3rd century BC
• Obodas I repels Hasmonean invasion
90 BC
• Conquered by the Roman Empire
106 AD
CurrencyNabataean Denarius
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Nabataeans
Lihyan
Qedarites
Arabia Petraea

The Nabataean Kingdom (Nabataean Aramaic: 𐢕𐢃𐢋𐢈 Nabāṭū), also named Nabatea (/ˌnæbəˈtə/), was a political state of the Nabataeans during classical antiquity.

The Nabataean Kingdom controlled many of the trade routes of the region, amassing large wealth and drawing the envy of its neighbors. It stretched south along the Tihamah into the Hejaz, up as far north as Damascus, which it controlled for a short period (85–71 BC).

Nabataea remained an independent political entity from the mid-3rd century BC until it was annexed in AD 106 by the Roman Empire, which renamed it Arabia Petraea.