PETRA´S+PARAGRAPH

=Petra´s Paragrahp =

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 In the dessert of Jordan, between crossroads of textile and spices commerce, is located the city of Petra. The Nabateans, it’s inhabitants, made good use of Petra’s wonderful and pure water, they built amazing tombs, and in that way, the city flourished. Petra began with a group of nomad Arabians that were clever in the arts of selling valued jewelry. Petra became a reunion place for those merchandisers to sell all types of luxurious and expensive products. But changes in politics and commerce routes made the world forget about this wonderful civilization. It wasn’t till beginnings of 19th century,with the rediscover it made by swiss explorer Burckhardt of the city, it gained more interest than never. Being one of the greatest past civilizations, its spectacular ruins and monuments were carved on the stones by the inhabitant hands, showing their great art and engineering. Petra’s Architecture is constructed with Hellenistic base and elements, the tombs were been build in colossal scale, showing the wealth and the power of rich families, they had animals and flowers designs all made by hand. The Nabateans made waterways so they could make full use of water and develop great irrigation systems, ponds and wonderful gardens. By the end of the 1st century B.C Petra was already an urban center located in the middle of natural contours and modeled by the irregular land, it possessed already big structures and monuments like: The Treasure and the Temple of Lions. When the city was possessed by Romans, in the 2nd century A.C, they introduced all their architectonical and urban elements making Petra a truly Romanized city. Petra is a mysterious city, with great architecture and technological examples, which explains the fact that the city has become one of the newest 7 wonders of the world.