Also known as Saba, Saba'
Sheba, or Saba, was an ancient South Arabian kingdom that existed in Yemen before 275 CE. It likely began to exist between c. 1000 BCE and c. 800 BCE. Its inhabitants were the Sabaeans, who, as a people, were indissociable from the kingdom itself for much of the 1st millennium BCE. Modern historians agree that the heartland of the Sabaean civilization was located in the region around Marib and Sirwah. In some periods, they expanded to much of modern Yemen and even parts of the Horn of Africa, particularly Eritrea and Ethiopia. The kingdom's native language was Sabaic, which was a variety of Ol
Key facts
- Former country.image_map
- Yemen 100 BC.svg
- Former country.map_width
- 250px
- Former country.map_caption
- Map of Sheba in blue in South Arabia
- Former country.capital
- MaribSanaa
- Former country.official_languages
- Sabaic
- Former country.religion
- South Arabian polytheism
- Former country.demonym
- Sabaeans
- Former country.government_type
- Monarchy
- Former country.year_end
- 275 CE
- Former country.year_start
- ~1000-800 BCE
- Former country.title_leader
- Mukarrib (list of rulers)
- Former country.year_leader1
- 730–710 BCE
- Former country.leader1
- Yatha' Amar Watar
- Former country.year_leader2
- 620–600 BCE
- Former country.leader2
- Karib'il Watar
- Former country.year_leader3
- 120–130 CE
- Former country.leader3
- Ilīsharaḥ Yaḥḍub I
- Former country.s1
- Himyar
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