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the Cushitic Ethiopian people who
spoke a proto-type Semitic dialect.

The Beja’s known as the ancient
Blemmyes one of the earliest known
nomadic tribes to dwell in the deserts of
Africa and Arabia probably provided the
founding population of Arabia Petra.

Arabia one of the later Emperors of
Rome, who was indigenous to Arabia
Petra. His sculptures demonstrate that
physically speaking, Emperor Philip of
Arabia was a Black man of African
descent. Here is a picture of a statue of
the Black African Roman Emperor Philip
“the Arab”.

Other sections of the African population
from the early Caspian culture and other
culture complex centred on Ethiopia
Axum and Ethiopia Kush may have
equally contributed to the early
settlement of Arabia Petra.
Some of these early African Black Arabs
crossed the Red Sea whilst others
migrated overland through the Nile
valley into Arabia. Arabia Petrea thus
became an early blending pot of African
cultures. Due to this cultural ferment
many nomads soon abandoned their
wandering lives to establish
sophisticated towns and cities together
with the more sedentary population.
This melange later became known as
the Nabateans and their capital was
Petra. (Drussilla Houstons) See also
http://nabataea.net/arabia.html.

During the Roman period, the word
Arab was a synonymy for Nabatean and
vice versa. When the Romans
incorporated Nabatea into their Empire,
it was officially designated as the
Province of Arabia. Numerous
sculptures found in Arabia Petra clearly
depict its population as African through
their physical features. One classical
example is that of Emperor Philip of

Arabia Felix

Arabia Felix laid further south of Petra.
Arabia Felix was bounded by the Shiraz
region of the Persian Gulf, the Eritrean
or Red sea (Africa) as well as the Indian
Ocean. This country was rich in spices
and in it was situated the famous cities
of Mecca and Medina.
Here was the country of the Yemenis,
the Habashas, the Sabas, the
Hadramautians and the Mineans. All
these were sections of the EthiopianAxumite tribes similar to the Amharas,
the Oromos and the Tigriyeans, who had