Encyclopaedia Britannica's reference entry on the Nabataean people, their caravan trade kingdom centered on Petra and their absorption into the Roman province of Arabia in 106 CE.
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Assessment
Reliability Tier2
Encyclopaedia Britannica's entry on the Nabataean people is written and edited in-house without an academic peer review process, the middle tier reflecting a professionally fact checked general reference rather than a specialist Near Eastern archaeology source. NotesA general reference encyclopedia with editorial staff and a long institutional record, continuously revised rather than dated to a single print year. Reliable for the Nabataean kingdom's trade based history and the Roman annexation that ended it.
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AuthorThe Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
PublisherEncyclopaedia Britannica, Inc.
URLhttps://www.britannica.com/topic/Nabataean-people
Source Typereference
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This source names Nabataeans directly: "Encyclopaedia Britannica's reference entry on the Nabataean people, their caravan trade kingdom centered on Petra and their absorption into the Roman province of Arabia in 106 CE."
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This source backs 18 claims across the atlas. As facts: 13 well-attested. As cited relationships: 1 holds, 2 connected. Plus 2 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
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- Articles, 10 claims: 6 well-attested, 2 connected, 2 general references.
- Sources, 8 claims: 7 well-attested, 1 holds.
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