Aretas IV (English spelling)

Japanese: Aretas IV(英語表記)AretasIV
Aretas IV (English spelling)

…The Nabataeans were a branch of nomadic Arabs originating from North Arabia, but when they formed their kingdom, they adopted Aramaic civilization (writing, caravan organization) and Greek civilization (urban life, Greek language). The kingdom's territory was initially limited to Petra and its surrounding areas, but in the 1st century BC, they expanded along the caravan routes, and by around 1 AD, under Aretas IV, they had taken possession of the desert fringes from Damascus to the Hijaz region and the Negev region, and controlled the caravan routes from Mesopotamia and southern Arabia to the Mediterranean. The Nabataeans were a tribal society led by elders, and they engaged in nomadic caravan trade, but after the establishment of the kingdom, they had a hereditary king. …

*Some of the terminology that refers to "Aretas IV" is listed below.

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Japanese:

…ナバテア人は北アラビア起源の遊牧アラブ人の一派であったが,王国形成にあたっては,アラム文明(文字,隊商組織)とギリシア系文明(都市生活,ギリシア語)を採用した。王国の領土は最初ペトラとその周辺に限られていたが,前1世紀に入ると隊商路沿いに膨張政策をとり,紀元1年ころにはアレタス4世Aretas IVの下に,ダマスクスからヒジャーズ地方までの砂漠周辺部とネゲブ地方を領有し,メソポタミアと南アラビアから地中海にいたる隊商路を掌握した。ナバテア人の社会は長老たちの率いる部族社会であり,遊牧しつつ隊商貿易に従事していたが,王国成立後は世襲の王をいただいた。…

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