Article table of contents: I
-
See Text typology
-
A pure metal or alloy – in the form of steel – used for the production of tools and weapons in pre-Islamic Arabia. Archaeological evidence indicates the predominance of secondary iron working, i.e. smithing, prior to the Islamic period, probably reliant on metal imported from outside Arabia.
-
Irrigation consists of artificially bringing water to agricultural crops.
-
Archaeological area in the Upper Wādī al-Sirḥān. The main occupation of the area extends from the Iron Age to the Early Islamic period.