πͺ πͺπͺ πͺπͺπͺ · @WahbAllat
198 followers · 284 posts · Server mas.toThe Kingdom of Dedan and the Kingdom of Lihyan. Ancient Semitic -non-Arabic- kingdoms in western Arabia (Hejaz) from the 2nd and 1st millennium BCE, until they were annexed by the Nabatean Kingdom in 24 BCE, eventually bringing Arabic to Hejaz.
https://www.livius.org/articles/place/dedan/
#Kingdom #Dedan #Lihyan. #Ancient #Semitic #Arabia #Hejaz #ArabianPeninsula #history #architecture #archaeology #language #culture #SaudiArabia
#saudiarabia #culture #language #archaeology #architecture #history #arabianpeninsula #Hejaz #arabia #semitic #ancient #Lihyan #Dedan #kingdom
πͺ πͺπͺ πͺπͺπͺ · @WahbAllat
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#Ancient #Inscriptions #Epigraphy #AncientArabia #Arabia #Dedan #History #RockArt #Andeel #ThursdayVibes #PhotoFriday #Culture #Civilization #PreArabic #PreChrist #Lihyan #AlUla #SaudiArabia
Dedanitic rock inscriptions, canβt provide a reading unfortunately
#ancient #inscriptions #epigraphy #ancientarabia #arabia #dedan #history #RockArt #andeel #thursdayvibes #photofriday #culture #civilization #prearabic #prechrist #Lihyan #alula #saudiarabia
πͺ πͺπͺ πͺπͺπͺ · @WahbAllat
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The #Lihyanites based in Biblical Dedan ΧΧΧ (now al-Ula, Saudi Arabia) didnβt speak #Arabic. Arabic started appearing in #Hejaz after the #Nabateans annexed the #Kingdom of #Lihyan
My username πͺ πͺπͺ πͺπͺπͺ is in the Dedanitic script, which was used to write Arabic after #Arabization
#language #history #geography #saudiarabia #alula #arabization #Lihyan #kingdom #nabateans #Hejaz #arabic #lihyanites