- Answer: Arabia was the Land between Assyria & Egypt (Map Below). Sources: Robert Hoyland, Oxford University.
- “In our earliest sources ‘Arabia’ signifies the steppe and desert bordering on the territories of the states & principalities of Egypt & the Fertile Crescent. In Persian administrative lists from the reign of Darius, a district called Arabâya is included between Assyria & Egypt”.
The term ‘Arab’ is derived from the Semitic root g-r-b (‘West’). ‘Arab’ originally referred to Desert Dwelling Tribes living ‘West’ of Mesopotamia/Assyria. This correlates with the Original definition of ‘Arabia’. The Original Arab Homeland is West of Mesopotamia & East of Egypt.
