Economic and political relations between the Nabataeans and the Ptolemies

Abstract

In this research, I dealt with the political and economic relations between the Nabataeans and the Ptolemies, and these relations differed according to the different interests, so I divided them into three stages, as they were characterized by peace and calm in the first stage until it was limited to trade exchange between them, but it soon developed into a political and economic struggle in order to control the trade routes In the second phase, and in this regard, the two parties sought to enter into alliances with the important commercial cities on the western coast of the Red Sea, such as Dedan (Al-Ula) and the Lihyanites, who allied themselves with the Ptolemies, and the Nabateans allied with the Seleucids, the Jarhaeans, and the Sabeans. The third is when the Nabataeans allied with the Roman state to overthrow the Ptolemaic Kingdom, and this was done in the year 30 BC. AD, and also dealt with the cultural influences resulting from economic and political relations