redpill me on Petra. Was it made by Greeks?

>>2476473
No. It was made by, admittedly fairly culturally Hellenised (as most people in the East were between Alexander and the early first millenium AD) Nabateans, i.e. Arabs.

>>2476512
>>2476473
why was the near east (the levant) so based? i heard that's where civilization first started

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>Al-Khazneh was originally built as a mausoleum and crypt at the beginning of the 1st century AD during the reign of Aretas IV Philopatris.[1] Its Arabic name Treasury derives from one legend that bandits or pirates hid their loot in a stone urn high on the second level. Significant damage from bullets can be seen on the urn. Local lore attributes this to Bedouins, who are said to have shot at the urn in the early 20th century, in hopes of breaking it open and spilling out the "treasure"—but the decorative urn is in fact solid sandstone

Fuck modern Arabs.

>>2476523
>why was the near east (the levant) so based? i heard that's where civilization first started

It's because that's where agriculture first became an institution, which led to a labour surplus, the hierarchisation of society and subsequently cities.

>>2476531
>Bedouins thought the priceless historic artifact was a Zelda pot filled with rupees

Can't make this shit up

>>2476531
>pirates

How? Isn't Petra miles and miles from the sea in the desert?