Micha Zilberman   
                   Your  tour guide in Israel and   
                                     Jordan
 
      Jerusalem             golan               Jordan              Galilee  
           Petra        Judean Desert              Eilat    Jordan Canyons
                                           The Negev desert  
 
                                                                   The small crater
   
In the Negev desert you will find an enchanting and unforgetable middle eastern   arid  landscape.  
In this desert you will discover rocky and mountainous regions.  
In  the Negev  you will discover the magnificent three craters -a unique  phenomenon, only in this area.     
This desert has deep canyons in which one can hike.  
You can experience in the Negev the warm hospitality of the beduins in their  authentic tents.  
The desert offers  well preserved Nabatian sites. 
  
The Negev was a living place for  Neolithic, chalcolitic and  bronze age man. These ancient people left their houses and gravesites  scattered in terrain suggesting a lunar landscape.    The Kings of Judea built fortresses in the desert routes to transport incense and perfumes to  the north.  In the year 586 B.C.E. the Jews went on exile to Babylon.  The Edomites penetrated to the Negev using  evacuated land in south Judea.   
 The Nabatians replaced the Edomites and established  prosperous trade with the ancient markets of  Europe, by camelback, they brought goods from India and Arabia, on what is known as the perfumes or spice road, to Gaza for sale  on its port. The Nabatians built several cities in the Negev and those ruins can be viewed today. Under the Romans the Nabatians replaced the trade with agriculture and work for the empire as border soldiers. With  the advent of the Byzantine rule  they  serviced the pilgrims on their way to mount Sinai.    
 The Moslems conquered the area in 636 C.E. new Moslem villages were built , the Negev inhabitants lost their jobs as soldiers as there was no more border to defend  and the area fell into a longstanding decline. The Turks built the city of Beer-sheba as an old /new Capital of the Negev.    
Under the British  the Jews built new settlements , laid a water pipe  and as a result the United nations gave the Negev to the new state of Israel. 
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