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    Qataban (Qatabanian: 𐩤𐩩𐩨𐩬, romanized: QTBN, Qatabān) was an ancient South Semitic-speaking kingdom of South Arabia (ancient Yemen) that existed from...
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    kingdom conquered neighbouring Saba' in c. 25 BCE (for the first time), Qataban in c. 200 CE, and Haḍramaut c. 300 CE. Its political fortunes relative...
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    with each other and controlled the lucrative spice trade: Saba', Ma'īn, Qatabān, Hadhramaut, Kingdom of Awsan, and the Himyarite Kingdom. Islam arrived...
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  • 𐩲𐩣, romanized: ʿm; Arabic: عمْ) was a moon god worshipped in ancient Qataban, which was a kingdom in ancient Yemen. 'Amm's name stems from the Arabic...
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    one of the six ancient South Arabian kingdoms, along with Sabaʾ, Maʿīn, Qatabān, Ḥimyar, and Awsān. Little is known about Ḥaḍramawt compared to the other...
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    in ancient South Arabia dating from 110 BC. It conquered in c. 25 BC, Qataban in c. 200 CE and Hadramaut c. 300 AD. Its political fortunes relative to...
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    several ancient states occupied the region of South Arabia, being M'ain, Qataban, Hadhramaut, and Saba. In these ancient times South Arabia claimed several...
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  • South Semitic, was spoken mainly but not exclusively in the kingdom of Qatabān, located in central Yemen. The language is attested between 500 BC and...
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  • تمنع, romanized: Timnaʿ) is an ancient city in Yemen, the capital of the Qataban kingdom; it is distinct from a valley in southern Israel that shares the...
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    kingdoms or tribal confederations in South Arabia were Saba, Hadhramaut, Qataban, and Ma'in. Sabaʾ (Arabic: سَـبَـأ) is thought to be biblical Sheba and...
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    At the end of the 2nd century BCE Ma’īn found itself under the rule of Qatabān, but after the collapse of the Qatabānian Empire a few centuries later...
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    BCE to 110 BCE, powerful Arab kingdoms such as Saba, Lihyan, Minaean, Qataban, Hadhramaut, Awsan, and Homerite emerged in Arabia. According to the Abrahamic...
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    evidence. Queen of Sheba Haubas Sabaeans List of rulers of Saba and Himyar Qataban Old South Arabian, a language Ancient history of Yemen The Torah, the Gospel...
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    kingdom of Saba' had Almaqah, the kingdom of Ma'in had Wadd, the kingdom of Qataban had 'Amm, and the kingdom of Hadhramaut had Sayin. Each people was termed...
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    from South Arabia to the Mediterranean Sea. These tribes were the M'ain, Qataban, Hadhramaut, Saba and Himyarite. In the north the Nabateans took control...
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  • dhū-Shibāmum, fraction of Bakil (CIH 140), rose up against the kingdoms of Qatabān, Ḥimyar, Ḥaḍramawt, and the principality of Radmān and claimed the title...
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    Qatabānians, however, was the Moon-god, variously called 𐩲𐩣 (ʿAmm, in Qatabān) or 𐪊𐪚𐩬 (Sayīn, in Ḥaḍramawt), who was seen as being closer to the people...
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    history Kingdom of Saba Kingdom of Ḥaḑramawt Kingdom of Awsan Kingdom of Qatabān Kingdom of Ma'in Kingdom of Ḥimyar Kingdom of Aksum Sasanian rule Islamic...
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    allied with each other and controlled the lucrative spice trade: Ma'in, Qataban, Hadhramaut, Awsan, Saba, and Himyar. Islam arrived in 630 AD, and Yemen...
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  • ʾNBY, ʾAnbāy) is a pre-Islamic deity who was originally worshipped in Qataban, in what is now Yemen. He was regarded as a deity of justice and an oracle...
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    Legends of Africa List of legendary monarchs of Ethiopia Minaeans Qahtanite Qataban Sudabeh Banu Hamdan Belqeys Castle Mount of Belqeys (Queen of Sheba) (Persian...
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    Dilmun Magan Gerrha Awal Tylos Saba Maʿīn Qedar Ḥaḍramawt Awsān Thamud Qatabān Lihyan Nabataea Himyar Hatra Tanukh Ghassanids Salīḥids Lakhmid Kinda Archaeological...
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  • Delos. (ca. 500 inscriptions) Qatabānian: the language of the kingdom of Qatabān, recorded from the 5th century BC until the 2nd century (barely 2,000 inscriptions)...
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    Dilmun Magan Gerrha Awal Tylos Saba Maʿīn Qedar Ḥaḍramawt Awsān Thamud Qatabān Lihyan Nabataea Himyar Hatra Tanukh Ghassanids Salīḥids Lakhmid Kinda Archaeological...
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    history Kingdom of Saba Kingdom of Ḥaḑramawt Kingdom of Awsan Kingdom of Qatabān Kingdom of Ma'in Kingdom of Ḥimyar Kingdom of Aksum Sasanian rule Islamic...
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    Dilmun Magan Gerrha Awal Tylos Saba Maʿīn Qedar Ḥaḍramawt Awsān Thamud Qatabān Lihyan Nabataea Himyar Hatra Tanukh Ghassanids Salīḥids Lakhmid Kinda Archaeological...
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    Dilmun Magan Gerrha Awal Tylos Saba Maʿīn Qedar Ḥaḍramawt Awsān Thamud Qatabān Lihyan Nabataea Himyar Hatra Tanukh Ghassanids Salīḥids Lakhmid Kinda Archaeological...
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    history Kingdom of Saba Kingdom of Ḥaḑramawt Kingdom of Awsan Kingdom of Qatabān Kingdom of Ma'in Kingdom of Ḥimyar Kingdom of Aksum Sasanian rule Islamic...
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    Qataban, Ma'in, and Hadhramaut and from these four kingdoms the tribes emerged. Although after Islam historians did not know much about the Qataban and...
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  • Haukim is a pre-Islamic deity who was originally worshipped in Qataban, in what is now South Arabia. He was concerned with arbitration and the law. He...
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