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Sheba, [a] or Saba, [b] was an ancient South Arabian kingdom in modern-day Yemen [3] whose inhabitants were known as the Sabaeans [c] or the tribe of Sabaʾ which, for much of the 1st millennium BCE, were indissociable from the kingdom itself. [4]
Sheba (Hebrew: שְׁבָא) also known as Saba' is a biblical figure mentioned in the Book of Genesis. He is traditionally believed to be an ancient king of Yemen . He also plays a huge role in Arabian folklore as being the ancestor of the tribes of Sabaeans and later Himyarites who ruled Yemen until the middle of the 6th century CE.
Dhū Nuwās, a Ḥimyarite king, changed the state religion to Judaism in the beginning of the 6th century and began to massacre the Christians. Outraged, Kaleb, the Christian King of Aksum with the encouragement of the Byzantine Emperor Justin I invaded and annexed Yemen. About fifty years later, Yemen fell to Persia.
The Queen of Sheba, [a] known as Bilqis [b] in Yemeni and Islamic tradition and as Makeda [c] in Ethiopian tradition, is a figure first mentioned in the Hebrew Bible.In the original story, she brings a caravan of valuable gifts for the Israelite King Solomon.
The Mamluks of Egypt tried to attach Yemen to Egypt and the Portuguese, led by Afonso de Albuquerque, occupied Socotra and launched an unsuccessful four-day siege of Aden in 1513. [ 103 ] [ 104 ] The Portuguese posed an immediate threat to the Indian Ocean trade; the Mamluks of Egypt therefore sent an army under the command of Hussein Al-Kurdi ...
The last of the native Himyarite kings, he rose to power in 517 after assassinating (104). His real name was Yusuf As'ar Yathar and his father was an unknown Sharhabil, thought to have been Sharhabil Yakkuf (101). He was known for his persecutions of Christians. He was killed in the year 530 during the Aksumite conquest of Yemen by King Kaleb.
It was the capital of the ancient kingdom of Sabaʾ (Arabic: سَبَأ), [1] [2] which some scholars believe to be the ancient Sheba of biblical fame. [3] It is about 120 kilometres (75 miles) east of Yemen's modern capital, Sanaa, and is in the region of the Sarawat Mountains. [4] In 2005 it had a population of 16,794.
The expedition to Yemen was smaller and more tightly organized than Phillips's African trip. It included William F. Albright as chief archaeologist. [7] In addition to Timna, the expedition also focused on excavation of Ma'rib, believed to be the capital of the Sabaʾ empire, historically identified with the biblical Queen of Sheba.