Arabia Felix
Americannoun
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And the children, women, men, cities and landscapes of the former Arabia Felix are paying the price.
From New York Times ● Oct. 31, 2018
In the first century BCE, Augustus Caesar sent 10,000 troops to invade what the Romans called Arabia Felix to find the source of frankincense and to control its production.
From BBC ● Feb. 9, 2010
In times past, fertile Yemen, known as Arabia Felix, was the granary of Arabia, but it now must buy wheat and butter abroad.
From Time Magazine Archive
Sheik Gemaleddin was assisted in his work of spreading the gospel of this the first propaganda for coffee by one Muhammed Alhadrami, a physician of great reputation, born in Hadramaut, Arabia Felix.
From All About Coffee by Ukers, William H. (William Harrison)
By order of Augustus he undertook an expedition to Arabia Felix, with disastrous results.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 4 "G" to "Gaskell, Elizabeth" by Various
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