Assurbanipal 668-627.

Eratostene di Cirene (morto circa 195 a.C.)

“traders travel from Aelana to Minaea in 70 days” (Strabone, 16, 1, 11).

Agatàrchide di Cnido (metà II sec. a.C.)

“Those (Arabian people) who live nearby, receive a steady flux of loads of aromatics and deliver them to their nearest neighbours as far as Syria and mesopotamia” (Strabone, 16, 4, 19).

Plinio il Vechio (23-79 d.C.)

“65 tappe da Sabota, attraverso il territorio dei Gebbaniti (Tamna), fino a Gaza. (Plinio XII, 30: 54.

Claudio Tolomeo (II sec. d.C.)

Al-Hamdani

Najran-Bishah 435 Km (9 giorni)

AH

CT

Makoraba (CT) Bishah-¥Uqaz 260 Km (6 giorni).

AH. Sosta pellegrini.

pozzo

YathribAH. 425 Km (10 giorni).

pozzi

Medina-al-¥Ula. 330 Km (7 giorni).

CT. Aluara ?

CT Thapaua ?