Minaeans
E168917
The Minaeans were an ancient South Arabian people who established a prosperous caravan-based kingdom in what is now Yemen, known for their role in the incense trade.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Minaeans canonical | 6 |
| Minaean people | 1 |
| Qatabanians | 1 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
South Arabian people
ⓘ
ancient people ⓘ |
| archaeologicalEvidence | inscriptions in Minaean language ⓘ |
| capital |
Qarnāwu
ⓘ
surface form:
Qarnawu
|
| controlled | sections of the incense road ⓘ |
| country | Kingdom of Ma'in ⓘ |
| culturalRegion | Arabian Peninsula ⓘ |
| declinePeriod | late 2nd century BCE ⓘ |
| economyBasedOn |
caravan trade
ⓘ
incense trade ⓘ |
| economyType | trade-based economy ⓘ |
| engagedIn |
overland trade with Egypt
ⓘ
overland trade with Mesopotamia ⓘ overland trade with the Levant ⓘ |
| ethnicGroupOf | ancient South Arabia ⓘ |
| exportedTo |
Mediterranean region
ⓘ
Middle East ⓘ
surface form:
Near East
Nile Valley ⓘ |
| flourishedInCentury |
2nd century BCE
ⓘ
3rd century BCE ⓘ 4th century BCE ⓘ 5th century BCE ⓘ |
| governmentType | monarchy ⓘ |
| hasCapitalIn | Jawf valley ⓘ |
| historicalTerritory | northwestern Yemen ⓘ |
| knownFor |
control of incense routes between South Arabia and the Levant
ⓘ
long-distance caravan organization ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Semitic languages ⓘ |
| locatedInThePresentDayTerritoryOf | Yemen ⓘ |
| mainSettlement |
Qarnāwu
ⓘ
surface form:
Qarnawu
|
| nativeLanguage | Minaean language ⓘ |
| neighboringPeople |
Hadramites
ⓘ
Qatabanians ⓘ Sabaeans ⓘ |
| partOf | ancient South Arabian civilizations ⓘ |
| politicalOrganization | kingdom ⓘ |
| region |
Razih region
ⓘ
surface form:
Jawf region
|
| religion | ancient South Arabian polytheism ⓘ |
| subgroupOf | ancient North Arabian and South Arabian cultural sphere ⓘ |
| succeededBy | Sabaean hegemony ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
1st millennium BCE
ⓘ
early 1st millennium CE (residual presence) ⓘ |
| tradedProduct |
frankincense
ⓘ
myrrh ⓘ |
| used | oases along caravan routes ⓘ |
| usedScript | Musnad script ⓘ |
| writingSystem | Ancient South Arabian script ⓘ |
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Qatabanians