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Wadi Al-‘Arabah, or the velley of Al-‘Arabah is a topographic depression extending 160 kilometers south of the Dead Sea though gulf of the Red Sea. It is of tremendous Islamic significance because when the first caliph of Prophet Mohammad made the decision to invade greater Syria through Palestine, his first step was to secure the region of Wadi Al-‘Arabah. It was a series of battles that gave the Muslim army control over the valley, hence marking a region as opposed to a single location.Source: Encyclopedia Britannica, 15th edition.