Petra


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 * 1) Have you ever heard about the city of Petra? //R- yes I have heard about it!// 
 * 2) Do you know its location?  //R- I think it is in Jordan!// 
 * 3) What's the meaning of Petra? Can you guess? //R- I think it means like "stone"//

Where is Petra located? it is located within the deserts of Jordan

Who were its inhabitants? The Nabataeans 

What is/are its characteristics? (name as many as you can)


 * The Nabataeans, led fruitful lives as desert traders
 * They had acquired control of the ancient incense and spice trade throughout the Arabian Peninsula by the first century BC.

<span style="color: rgb(153,51,0); font-family: Comic Sans MS;">How important were tombs in Petra? What did they mean? <span style="color: rgb(0,128,128); font-family: verdana;">Tombs were very important to them, and it was for memorializing their kings and leaders <span style="color: rgb(0,128,128);">.

<span style="color: rgb(0,0,0); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"><span style="color: rgb(153,51,0);">How did this city become an urban center?

<span style="color: rgb(0,128,128); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Typical of ancient Near Eastern settlements, the city grew along the natural contours of the landscape. The Nabataeans paved the road through the Siq, enabling wheeled vehicles to import locally quarried limestone used in city construction. <span style="color: rgb(0,0,0); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">

<span style="color: rgb(153,51,0); background-color: rgb(255,255,255);">How was this city organized/planned? <span style="color: rgb(153,51,0); background-color: rgb(255,255,255);"> <span style="color: rgb(0,128,128); background-color: rgb(255,255,255);"> The Romans managed to create one straight road along the central marketplace. Flanked by colonnaded porticos, this linear street clearly served as an architectural imprint of Rome. <span style="color: rgb(0,128,128);"> **<span style="color: rgb(0,128,128);"> <span style="font-size: 120%; color: rgb(153,51,0);">Complex noun phrases: **

<span style="font-size: 120%; color: rgb(0,128,128);">*Rock-cut tombs
 * Rose-colored cliffs
 * Tomb-cutting process
 * Near Eastern settlements
 * Locally quarried limestone

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 * "The lost city of stone", that is Petra of Jordan! located in Jordan of course. This is an interesting city because it is accessible ONLY through narrow gorges. Petra starts with a group of Arabian nomads, the Nabataeans. For them, erecting monumental tombs was very important to memorialize their kings and leaders. Later the Romans occupied the city to introduce their empire and they did their best to impose an urban design, just as with most other Roman cities. Actually, Petra drew the attention about 200 years ago, thanks to the published accounts of a Swiss explorer named Burckhardt. Finally after reading this, we can see that this city is relatively new for us, and that is what becomes it wonderful! because it probably hides a lot of history that we don’t know yet!**

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