El-Hamrawi, Mahmoud. 2012. Ia-at-ri-bu (> Yathrib), The Ancient Name of Medina,
The caravan city ia-at-ri-bu was aflourishing oasis and stopping place for the caravans coming from South arabia carring products including frankincense and myrrh as several kinds of spices. This city was also located at the three crossroads of the four main overland trade routes that were traced by the camelcaravans from the central Arabian Peninsula to Mesopotamia northeastward and to ... Read more