Southern Arabia

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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.

Aliases (6)

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 Desert →
climate	arid → semi-arid →
containsFeature	coastal plains → desert plateaus → mountain ranges →
crossedBy	Incense Route →
economyHistoricallyBasedOn	caravan trade → maritime trade →
hasAncientKingdom	Hadhramaut → Himyar → Ma'in → Qataban → Saba →
historicallyInhabitedBy	Hadramites → Himyarites → Minaeans → Qatabanians → 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 → Western Asia →
partOf	Arabian Peninsula →
religionCurrentlyDominant	Islam →
religionHistoricallyPracticed	South Arabian polytheism →
strategicLocation	near Bab-el-Mandeb Strait →
tradedWith	Ancient Egypt → Horn of Africa → Indian subcontinent → Levant → Mesopotamia →

Referenced by (16)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Aden Protectorate ("southern Arabia") → British Western Aden Protectorate sphere ("Southwestern Arabia") → Federation of South Arabia → Maalla ("southern Yemen") → Sheikh Othman ("southern Yemen") → Sheikh Othman ("South Arabia") →	locatedIn
Crater ("South Arabia") →	locatedInGeographicRegion
Aden ("southern Yemen") →	locatedInRegion
Aden Emergency ("South Arabia") →	location
Old South Arabian ("South Arabia") →	primaryArea
Modern South Arabian languages ("Southern Arabian Peninsula") →	region
Yafiʿi Arabic ("southern Yemen") →	spokenIn
Arabian Peninsula →	subregion
Federation of South Arabia ("South Yemen historical region") →	todayPartOf
Aksumite Empire ("South Arabia") →	tradePartner
Sabaic ("South Arabia") →	usedIn