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We have thus far used the term Arabian for all the inhabitants of the peninsula without regard to geographical location. We must now differentiate between the South Arabians and the North Arabians, the latter including the Najdis of Central Arabia. The geographical division of the land by the trackless desert into northern and southern sections has its counterpart inthe peoples who inhabit it.
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Hitti, P.K. (1970). Early International Relations. In: History of the Arabs. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-15402-9_4
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