10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SABAEAN»
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Sabaean in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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E.J. Brill's First Encyclopaedia of Islam, 1913-1936
That the city wall was frequently restored is evident from the fact that inscribed
blocks of the earliest period of Sabaean history were used as building material in
any order without heeding the context of the inscription (cf. Glaser, Reist nath Mar
...
2
First Encyclopaedia of Islam: 1913-1936
D. H. MUller was the first to point out that of the Sabaean inscriptions those
written boustrophedon belong to the oldest period of Sabaean history and at the
same time show the earliest forms of letters. Contradicting Hommel's (A. A., p. 22
so.
When the Sabaean people started paying taxes to the Assyrian Kingdom, their
name began to be recorded in the annals of this state. The Sabaeans are known
to have been a civilised people in history. In the inscriptions of the rulers of Saba,
...
4
Landseer's
Sabaean Researches
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series.
5
Politische Geschichte (Provinzen und Randvölker: Afrika mit ...
Most of the early texts come from the central plateau region, from Tigre and from
Yeha and Malazo which DREWES has suggested may be early Sabaean
colonies, A. J. DREWES, BiOr 13.5/6 (1956), 179 — 182. For the Sabaean texts
at ...
Hildegard Temporini, Wolfgang Haase, 1982
6
Encyclopedia of the Peoples of Africa and the Middle East
The Sabaean civilization ceased as an independent polity in the third century c.e.
when it was brought under the rule of the Hi- myarites, who originated to the
south of Sabaean territory. The Sabaean capital was Marib, east of Sanaa, the ...
Facts On File, Incorporated, 2009
7
Pilgrimage and Household in the Ancient Near East
Northeast of the Sabaean capital at Ma'rib lies Jabal al-Lawdh, a rock promontory
in the Jawf, which was an important passage from desert interior to the highlands
of Yemen and home of tribes not sharing kin-based ethnicity with the ...
8
Sabæan researches, in a series of essays ... on the engraved ...
I shall have exhibited also, as far as my means and present opportunity furnish —
explanations of the leading hieroglyphics of Sabaean- ism in general, and of
Egypt in particular; and thus (to the best of my ability) shall have redeemed my ...
9
The Encyclopedia of Islam, Volume 6, Fascicules 107-108
The ruler, whose name is not retained in the text, may be Yiiha''amar Bayyin, son
of Sumhu'all Yanui, whose reign can be fixed around 510 B.C. When the
Sabaean realm reached the zenith of its power and founded a colony in
Abyssinia, ...
Clifford Edmund Bosworth, 1989
10
Handbook of Scripts and Alphabets
The inhabitants of these states spoke Sabaean, Minaean, Qatabanian and
Hadrami. all four being dialects of the language known as Epigraphic South
Arabian. The economic success and stability of these states was based on
intensive ...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SABAEAN»
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Sabaean is used in the context of the following news items.
Yeha - Small Town With Long History
Although it is believed that the Sabaean civilisation built the temple for their pagan faith and a deity named Ilmukah, tour guide Mengistu Temaske explained that ... «AllAfrica.com, Jul 15»
Ethiopia's Yeha: Small town with long history
Although it is believed that the Sabaean civilisation built the temple for their pagan faith and a deity named Ilmukah, tour guide Mengistu Temaske explained that ... «Daily Trust, Jul 15»
Ancient Ethiopians Travel, Trade Beyond Old Link to Rome
"I crawled beneath the stone - wary of a 9ft cobra I was warned lives here - and came face to face with an inscription in Sabaean, the language that the Queen of ... «AllAfrica.com, Jun 15»
UNESCO Director-General condemns airstrikes on Yemen's cultural …
According to reports received, the ancient Sabaean inscriptions on the walls of the dam may also have been affected by the bombing. This came just one week ... «UNESCO.org, Jun 15»
'Engineering Marvel' of Queen of Sheba's City Damaged in Airstrike
... considered the most important ancient site in Yemen, excavations of the Sabaean capital have revealed two elaborate pre-Islamic temple precincts dedicated ... «National Geographic, Jun 15»
Mapping the Archaeology of Somaliland: Religion, Art, Script, Time …
The region had vast Cushitic, pre-Christian and pre-Islamic Empires that at times formed part of the Himyarite and Sabaean cultures of Southern Arabia, the ... «SomalilandPress, Apr 15»
Community, religious leaders must condemn ISIL 'atrocities' – UN …
... of Islam,” particularly members of religious and ethnic minorities including Christians, Kaka'ee, Shabaks, Turkmen, Sabaean Mendeans, Yezidis and others. «UN News Centre, Oct 14»
UNCOVERING YEMEN
Perhaps they would find evidence, too, of the fabled Sabaean queen—the queen of Sheba—whose legendary encounters with King Solomon are noted in the ... «HeritageDaily, Oct 14»
Archaeological Finds of Ancient Arabia to be Shown
Ma'rib was the capital of the Sabaean kingdom, otherwise thought by some scholars to be ancient Sheba, known from the biblical accounts. Here, the Sabaean ... «Popular Archaeology, Aug 14»
Iraq persecution: The hidden minorities targeted by IS
Followers of the ancient Sabaean Mandean religious sect. Iraqi Sabaean Mandeans view John the Baptist as saviour. The Islamic State (IS) has killed Shia ... «ChristianToday, Aug 14»
