We are in Moa, which was a Nabatean city located at an important crossroads in ancient times. One road at the crossroads is from Eilat to the Dead Sea, and the road that crosses it is from the east, from Petra to the coast of Gaza. Moa served as a way station for merchant caravans on the Spice Route.
Two biblical figures are associated with this route: the Queen of Sheba and King Solomon. How?
All the details in the film. The appearance of the camel as a vehicle for desert caravans in the Near East in the 11th-13th centuries BCE was a transportation revolution that opened up direct routes across the desert, from the Persian Gulf and southern Arabia to the Mediterranean Sea. Camel caravans are a complex thing from an organizational perspective: the number of camels in a caravan ranged from a few to a few hundred. The leader was chosen by the initiator, just as a contractor today is chosen by the initiator of a construction project. The leader had overall responsibility: from the organization of the caravan to its dispersal in the destination city.
There were many other roles that helped the caravan leader, for example: a guide, camel drivers, as in taxis - they were the camel owners or hired drivers. The journey lasted up to two to three months. The route of movement was chosen by the leader based on a situation assessment that took into account considerations of offenses, the seasons, the condition of water sources along the route, the condition of the pastures, the security situation along the various routes, the amount of payments to be paid for passage, and other factors.
Additional. Loaded pack camels, moving at a speed of about four kilometers per hour, about 30-40 km per day. The camel made the road from southern Arabia to the Land of Israel possible in the middle of the 10th century BCE.
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