The great peninsula of southwest Asia comprising most of the present countries of the Middle East. It has been known since the first millennium B.C. In early times it was divided into Arabia Petraea, the northwest part, the only part ever conquered, becoming a Roman province; Arabia Deserta, the northern part between Syria and Mesopotamia; and Arabia Felix, the main part of the peninsula but by some geographers restricted to modern Yemen. (From Webster's New Geographical Dictionary, 1988, p63)
    

concept

The Wellcome Research Institution, Euston Road, London: a reconstruction of an Arabic pharmacy from Damascus, 1959-1989. Photograph.

Naukeurige beschryving van Asie: behelsende de gewesten van Mesopotamie, Babylonie, Assyrie, Anatolie, of Klein Asie: beneffens eene volkome beschrijving van gansch Gelukkigh, Woest, en Petreesch of Steenigh Arabie / Vertoont in een bondigh ontwerp van 's lants benamingen, bepalingen, verdeilingen, steden, vlekken, gewassen, dieren, zeden, en aert der inwoonders, bestiering, geschiedenissen en godsdienst, inzonderheit die van d'oude Arabieren, Mahomet en Mahometanen.

Arabia in early maps : a bibliography of maps covering the peninsula of Arabia, printed in western Europe from the invention of printing to the year 1751 / G.R. Tibbetts.

History of surgery of the abdominal cavity : Arabic contributions / M.A. Fallouji.

Medieval folk astronomy and agriculture in Arabia and the Yemen / Daniel Martin Varisco.

The travels of the Chevalier d'Arvieux in Arabia the Desart / written by himself and published by Mr. de la Roque ... To which is added, a general description of Arabia, by Sultan Ishmael Abulfeda, translated from the best manuscripts; with notes. Done into English by an eminent hand.

Arabian Peninsula

Images

Catalogue

Arabia in early maps : a bibliography of maps covering the peninsula of Arabia, printed in western Europe from the invention of printing to the year 1751 / G.R. Tibbetts.

History of surgery of the abdominal cavity : Arabic contributions / M.A. Fallouji.

Medieval folk astronomy and agriculture in Arabia and the Yemen / Daniel Martin Varisco.

The travels of the Chevalier d'Arvieux in Arabia the Desart / written by himself and published by Mr. de la Roque ... To which is added, a general description of Arabia, by Sultan Ishmael Abulfeda, translated from the best manuscripts; with notes. Done into English by an eminent hand.

The Wellcome Research Institution, Euston Road, London: a reconstruction of an Arabic pharmacy from Damascus, 1959-1989. Photograph.