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
With this rational View he left Arabia Felix, his native Country, and travelled all over both Asia and Africa.
From The Amours of Zeokinizul, King of the Kofirans Translated from the Arabic of the famous Traveller Krinelbol by Crébillon, Claude Prosper Jolyot de
We set sail, and steered our course toward the Indies through the Persian Gulf, which is formed by the coasts of Arabia Felix on the right, and by those of Persia on the left.
From The Arabian Nights Their Best-known Tales by Parrish, Maxfield
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