ocr: century A.D. Jewish historian Josephus, and the first century Greek geographer Strabo gives US a brief account of their manners and customs toward the end of the pre-Christian era. That the Nabataeans played a partin the political events of the time cannot be doubted, and Josephus bears witness to the number of occasions on which they interfered in the internecine strife that tore Palestine during those centuries. Taking advantage of the collapse of the Seleucid dynasty, the Nabataeans were able to extend their power early in the first century B.C.asf far north as Damascus. It may well have be ...
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