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Meet Nabataean, the script of Petra’s traders.

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It began as a form of Aramaic writing.

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Over centuries, its letters grew more cursive.

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Those shapes became the basis of the Arabic alphabet.

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Inscriptions mix Aramaic text with Arabic words.

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By late antiquity, Arabic writing crystallized.

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Nabataean bridged scripts, styles, and sound change.

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Its legacy lives in every modern Arabic letter.