DATE	ITEM
1000 BC	Nebjoth is the first-born of Ishmael (Gen. 24:13)
700 BC	Isaiah mentions the people of Saba, and the people of Nebaioth, (Isaiah 60:1-7)
627 BC	Nabate, found in seventh-century B.C. Assyrian sources
586 BC	Nebuchadnezzar captures Jerusalem and the Jewish people sent to exile. Tribes of Arabia start to move northward into the empty land.
552 BC	Nabonidus (Persian Empire) removes Edomite monarchy
332 BC	Alexander the Great conquers Syria and Palestine
323 BC	Alexander the Great dies
312 BC	Nabataeans mentioned by historian Diodorus
312 BC	Antigonus, the Seleucid ruler of Syria twice attempts to attack and plunder the Nabataeans living in Edom. The Nabataeans chose to buy off Antigonus with costly gifts, a pattern they would use in the future when dealing with invaders
198 BC	Antiochus II victorious over Ptolemy III
169 BC	Aretas I, "Tyrant of the Arabs" and "King of the Nabatu" is mentioned in II Maccabees 5:8. During this time the Nabataeans were beginning to expand their domain from Biblical Edom into Moab
145 BC	Josephus (Antiquities XIII 131) mentions a Nabataean King Malichus reigning abut 145 B.C. but there is no other supporting evidence for this
120 BC	Aretas II, "Erotimus, King of the Arabs," is mentioned in connection with the siege of Gaza (c. 96 B.C.) by Alexander Jannaeus (103-76 B.C.). The city appealed to Aretas for help but it arrives too late
90 BC	Obodas I, "King of the Arabs," was the son of Aretas II
93 BC	Obodas defeated Alexander Jannaeus and gained control of the Hauran and Jebal Druze
87 BC	Rabbel I, another son of Aretas II, he reigned for less than a year. Antiochus XII Dionysus of Damascus (87-84 B.C.) set out to fight the Nabataeans. Rabbel fell in battle but the Kingdom was saved
87 BC	Aretas III, "Philhellene," becomes leader and conquers northern Transjordan and southern Syria
85 B.C	Aretas II becomes ruler of Damascus at the request of its inhabitants. The Nabataeans now contol both the maritime trade routes to India and the Middle Eastern link of the Silk Road.
64 BC	Pompey conquers Syria and makes it a Roman province
62 BC	Pompey's general Scaurus devastated the area around Petra but could not take the city. The Nabataeans apparently buy their freedom by paying tribute
62 BC	Malichus I becomes ruler
48 BC	Malichus I sends camel cavalry to help Caesar in Egypt
30 BC	Obodas III becomes ruler. Later he is known as "The Divine Obodas" or "Zeus-Obodas" after his death. Obodas, is overshadowed by his chief minister, Syllaeus
26 BC	The failed expedition by Aelius Gallus into Southern Arabia with Syllaeus as his guide.
5 BC	Syllaeus executed in Rome. Obodas was buried in Oboda, the town in the Negev named after him. Obodas was deified and an impressive temple was raised in his honor at Oboda. His cult persisted until the third century
9 BC	Aretas IV made leader. He is known as "Philopatris," and was called "the King of the Nabatu, who loves his people." During his reign, the Nabataean Kingdom reached its zenith. He was in control of Damascus when his Ethnarch tried to arrest the Apostle Paul
40 AD	Malichus II, who was the first-born son of Aretas IV
67 AD	Malichus sends an army to help Vespacian in the siege of Jerusalem. Malichus lost control of Damascus but retained the territory to the east and southeast of it. Nomadic tribes from Arabia began attacking the southern parts of the Kingdom, penetrating into the Negev where they destroyed Oboda and forts on the Petra-Gaza road
70 AD	Rabbel II is leader. He is known as "He who gives life and salvation to his people." The earliest inscription with this title is dates AD 88 and comes from Oboda and is connected with agriculture. This may indicate that he earned this title by subjugating the Arab tribes and laying the basis for dry farming and horse raising. Like his father, Rabbel spent much time in Bostra in Nabataean Syria
106 AD	The Roman Legate of Syria, A. Cornelius Palma, on behalf of Emperor Trajan, annexed Nabataea and incorporated it into the Roman Empire as Provincia Arabia
114 AD	Via Nova Traiana road completed between Bostra and Aila
130 AD	Emperor Hadrian visits Nabataea
272 AD	Fall of Palmyra
363 AD	Earthquake levels much of Petra
390 AD	Many Nabataeans in the Negev convert to Christianity
423 AD	Some Nabataeans in Petra convert to Christianity
551 AD	Earthquake damages Petra and cities in Negev
570 AD	Abraha expands from Yemen to Medina, attacks Ka'ba. This is the year that Muhammad is born.
595 AD	Muhammad marries Khadija, he is 25 years old
605 AD	Rebuilding of the Ka'ba, Muhammd chosen to place the Black Rock
610 AD	First revelation to Muhammad in the cave
614 AD	First migration to Abyssinia
616 AD	Second migration to Abyssinia, Sib Abi Talib boycott
619 AD	boycott lifted, Year of Sorrow, Abu Talif and Khadija die
620 AD	First Pledge of Aqaba
622 AD	Hijra, Migration to Mecca
623 AD	Muhammad changes the Qibla to Masjid alHaram
624 AD	Battle of Badr
625 AD	Battle of Uhud
627 AD	Battle of the Trench
628 AD	Treaty of Hudaybiyya
629 AD	Battle of Mu'ta, Petra, Ta'if, Tabuk
632 AD	Farewell pilgrimage, death of Muhammad
747 AD	Major earthquake destroys much of what is left of Nabataean cities
900 AD	Final reference to Nabataeans in Islamic literature