Nabataean

The Nabataeans were an ancient Arab people who inhabited northern Arabia and the southern Levant, with their main settlement being Raqmu, which is present-day Petra in Jordan. They emerged as a distinct civilization and political entity between the 4th and 2nd centuries BC, with a kingdom centered around a trading network that brought wealth and influence across the ancient world. The Nabataeans were fiercely independent and annexed into the Roman Empire by Emperor Trajan in 106 AD, after which their culture was adopted into the larger Greco-Roman culture and they converted to Christianity. They are described as one of the most gifted peoples of the ancient world and one of the most unjustly forgotten.learn more on wikipedia