Before being annexed by the Romans in 106 AD, Petra was the capital of the Nabataeans ethnicity, a minority who use Aramaic script and control the pilgrim passes through the region. Ethnic known first first in 312 BC when they survived the conquest of Antigonus, one of the successors of Alexander the Great. the change took place when the trade development. Petra became the center of trade between Arab, Mesopotamia, Egypt and the eastern Mediterranean. Period prosperity of the city took place about 2,000 years ago, residents are forecast at 20,000 people. The Romans annexation of this land and gradually took over the reign both valuable trade route. The city was devastated by a series of earthquakes and finally abandoned.
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