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-'''Mampsis''' (Mamshit) was a Nabatean (then Roman) town in the [[Negev]].
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-==Overview==
-The city was established by the [[Nabateans]] in the [[Negev]] as a road station for their caravans along the [[Incense Route]] connecting [[Petra]] with [[Gaza]]. It was the smallest of the Nabatean cities in the area--[[Obada]], [[Elusa]], [[Nessana]], Rehovot-in-the-Negev, and [[Sobata]].
-Agricultural project were carried out to sustain the population.
-The Roman conquest of 106 CE brought about new periods of prosperity that continued in the Byzantine period, when the city became renowned mainly for raising horses. The city was destroyed, probably by earthquake, and abandoned in the 7th century.
-==Mampsis in ancient sources==
-==Mampsis in scholarship==
-Mampsis was first "rediscovered" by the German historian, [[Ulrich Jasper Seetzen]], who visited the [[Negev]] in 1806 disguised as Musa al-Hakim (Moses the doctor).
-==Mampsis in fiction==
-==External links==
-*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mamshit Wikipedia]]
-[[Category:Subjects]]
-[[Category:Places]]