Southern Arabia

E42399

geographical region historical region

Southern Arabia is the historically and geographically significant southern portion of the Arabian Peninsula, encompassing areas such as modern-day Yemen and parts of Oman, known for its ancient trade routes and rich cultural heritage.

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All labels observed (13)

Label	Occurrences
South Arabia	39
southern Yemen	10
southern Arabia	8
Southern Arabia canonical	5
Ancient South Arabia	1
South Arabian Arabs	1
South Arabian culture	1
South Yemen historical region	1
Southern Arabian Peninsula	1
Southwestern Arabia	1
eastern Yemen	1
southern Yemen (historical)	1
southwestern Yemen	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	geographical region ⓘ historical region ⓘ
archaeologicalSignificance	ruins of ancient cities ⓘ well-preserved ancient inscriptions ⓘ
borderedBy	Arabian Sea ⓘ Gulf of Aden ⓘ Rub al Khali ⓘ surface form: Rub al Khali Desert
climate	arid ⓘ semi-arid ⓘ
containsFeature	coastal plains ⓘ desert plateaus ⓘ mountain ranges ⓘ
crossedBy	Silk Road routes ⓘ surface form: Incense Route
economyHistoricallyBasedOn	caravan trade ⓘ maritime trade ⓘ
hasAncientKingdom	Hadhramaut ⓘ Himyar ⓘ Ma'in ⓘ Qataban ⓘ Saba ⓘ
historicallyInhabitedBy	Hadramites ⓘ Himyar ⓘ surface form: Himyarites Minaeans ⓘ Qatabanians ⓘ Sabaean kingdom ⓘ surface form: Sabaeans
includes	Dhofar ⓘ Hadhramaut ⓘ Oman ⓘ Yemen ⓘ
knownFor	ancient incense trade ⓘ ancient trade routes ⓘ early South Arabian scripts ⓘ frankincense production ⓘ myrrh production ⓘ pre-Islamic kingdoms ⓘ rich cultural heritage ⓘ
languageFamilyHistoricallySpoken	Old South Arabian languages ⓘ Semitic languages ⓘ
locatedIn	Middle East ⓘ Middle East ⓘ surface form: Western Asia
partOf	Arabian Peninsula ⓘ
religionCurrentlyDominant	Islam ⓘ
religionHistoricallyPracticed	South Arabian polytheism ⓘ
strategicLocation	near Bab-el-Mandeb Strait ⓘ
tradedWith	Pharaonic Egypt ⓘ surface form: Ancient Egypt Horn of Africa ⓘ South Asia ⓘ surface form: Indian subcontinent Levant region ⓘ surface form: Levant Mesopotamia ⓘ

Referenced by (71)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Arabian Peninsula → subregion → Southern Arabia ⓘ

Aden → locatedInRegion → Southern Arabia ⓘ

this entity surface form: southern Yemen

Old South Arabian → primaryArea → Southern Arabia ⓘ

this entity surface form: South Arabia

Aksumite Empire → tradePartner → Southern Arabia ⓘ

this entity surface form: South Arabia

Crater → locatedInGeographicRegion → Southern Arabia ⓘ

this entity surface form: South Arabia

Aden Emergency → location → Southern Arabia ⓘ

this entity surface form: South Arabia

British Western Aden Protectorate sphere → locatedIn → Southern Arabia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Southwestern Arabia

Maalla → locatedIn → Southern Arabia ⓘ

this entity surface form: southern Yemen

Modern South Arabian languages → region → Southern Arabia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Southern Arabian Peninsula

Sabaic → usedIn → Southern Arabia ⓘ

this entity surface form: South Arabia

Sheikh Othman → locatedIn → Southern Arabia ⓘ

this entity surface form: southern Yemen

Sheikh Othman → locatedIn → Southern Arabia ⓘ

this entity surface form: South Arabia

Federation of South Arabia → locatedIn → Southern Arabia ⓘ

Federation of South Arabia → todayPartOf → Southern Arabia ⓘ

this entity surface form: South Yemen historical region

Aden Protectorate → locatedIn → Southern Arabia ⓘ

this entity surface form: southern Arabia

Yafiʿi Arabic → spokenIn → Southern Arabia ⓘ

this entity surface form: southern Yemen

Himyar → locatedIn → Southern Arabia ⓘ

this entity surface form: South Arabia

Himyar → partOf → Southern Arabia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ancient South Arabia

Ibb → locatedInRegion → Southern Arabia ⓘ

this entity surface form: southwestern Yemen

QueenOfSheba → possibleLocationOfSheba → Southern Arabia ⓘ

this entity surface form: South Arabia

Sabaean kingdom → locatedIn → Southern Arabia ⓘ

this entity surface form: South Arabia

Hadhramaut → locatedIn → Southern Arabia ⓘ

this entity surface form: eastern Yemen

Hadhramaut → partOf → Southern Arabia ⓘ

this entity surface form: South Arabia

Gertrude Caton-Thompson → workedOn → Southern Arabia ⓘ

this entity surface form: southern Arabia

Khazraj → genealogicalOrigin → Southern Arabia ⓘ

this entity surface form: South Arabian Arabs

Marib Dam → locatedInRegion → Southern Arabia ⓘ

this entity surface form: South Arabia

Qataban → locatedIn → Southern Arabia ⓘ

this entity surface form: South Arabia

Ma'in → locatedIn → Southern Arabia ⓘ

this entity surface form: South Arabia

Ma'in → culture → Southern Arabia ⓘ

this entity surface form: South Arabian culture

Najran → historicalRegion → Southern Arabia ⓘ

this entity surface form: South Arabia

Saba → locatedIn → Southern Arabia ⓘ

this entity surface form: South Arabia

‘Ad → locatedIn → Southern Arabia ⓘ

subject surface form: ʿĀd

this entity surface form: southern Arabia

Sheba → associatedWithRegion → Southern Arabia ⓘ

this entity surface form: South Arabia

Central Arabia → borderedBy → Southern Arabia ⓘ

Qahtan → region → Southern Arabia ⓘ

Aden Protectorate Levies → theatre → Southern Arabia ⓘ

this entity surface form: South Arabia

Radfan Campaign → location → Southern Arabia ⓘ

this entity surface form: South Arabia

Radfan mountains → locatedIn → Southern Arabia ⓘ

this entity surface form: southern Yemen

Radfan mountains → region → Southern Arabia ⓘ

this entity surface form: South Arabia

Aden rupee → historicalRegion → Southern Arabia ⓘ

this entity surface form: South Arabia

Khormaksar district → locatedIn → Southern Arabia ⓘ

this entity surface form: southern Yemen

Shehri people → locatedIn → Southern Arabia ⓘ

Old Sabaic → spokenIn → Southern Arabia ⓘ

this entity surface form: South Arabia

British colonial administration in Aden → locatedIn → Southern Arabia ⓘ

this entity surface form: South Arabia

Federation of Arab Emirates of the South → locatedIn → Southern Arabia ⓘ

this entity surface form: South Arabia

Kathiri State of Seiyun → locatedIn → Southern Arabia ⓘ

this entity surface form: South Arabia

Qu'aiti State in Hadhramaut → locatedIn → Southern Arabia ⓘ

this entity surface form: South Arabia

Beihan → locatedIn → Southern Arabia ⓘ

this entity surface form: South Arabia

Upper Yafa → locatedIn → Southern Arabia ⓘ

this entity surface form: southern Arabia

Upper Yafa → historicalRegion → Southern Arabia ⓘ

this entity surface form: South Arabia