entity · place_negev_arabah
Negev and Arabah
Arid southern corridors, copper-production zones, oases, and routes between Sinai, the Red Sea, and Transjordan.
Review and provenance
Specialist reviewer: not recorded. Review date: not recorded.
Dataset workflow: proposed. This is separate from specialist review.
Confidence describes the stated assessment; it does not certify expert approval. How review works.
Chronology
Dating intervals may describe uncertainty or phases; their width alone does not establish event duration.
1600 BCE–800 BCE
Precision: approximate
- informs · contextualizes
Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places — Ancient World Mapping Center, Stoa ConsortiumSupports ancient-place orientation while not defining the analytical region as a polity.
Locator: Regional place records and linked ancient-place gazetteer entries, accessed 2026-08-12 - informs · provides source criticism
The Southern Levant and the Ancient Near Eastern Canon — Rachel Hallote (2020)Documents how modern geographic and disciplinary frames can shape interpretation.
Locator: Chapter 2
Research description
A mobile and industrial interaction zone rather than a default territorial state.
Evidence and sources
- informs · contextualizes
Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places — Ancient World Mapping Center, Stoa ConsortiumSupports ancient-place orientation while not defining the analytical region as a polity.
Locator: Regional place records and linked ancient-place gazetteer entries, accessed 2026-08-12 - informs · provides source criticism
The Southern Levant and the Ancient Near Eastern Canon — Rachel Hallote (2020)Documents how modern geographic and disciplinary frames can shape interpretation.
Locator: Chapter 2
Referenced records
- Geography assertion for place_negev_arabah · geography assertion
- Southern Levant · entity