Sabaeans

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Semitic people South Arabian people ancient people

The Sabaeans were an ancient Semitic people of South Arabia, centered in what is now Yemen, known for their prosperous incense trade and advanced civilization mentioned in various historical and religious sources.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Sabaean civilization 3
Sabaean culture 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Semitic people ⓘ
South Arabian people ⓘ
ancient people ⓘ
associatedWith Kingdom of Sheba NERFINISHED ⓘ
capital Ma'rib NERFINISHED ⓘ
culture South Arabian culture ⓘ
economy long-distance caravan trade ⓘ
economyBasedOn agriculture ⓘ
trade ⓘ
ethnicity South Arabian Semites NERFINISHED ⓘ
flourishedDuring early 1st millennium BCE ⓘ
late 1st millennium BCE ⓘ
governmentType monarchy ⓘ
irrigationMethod flood irrigation ⓘ
knownFor advanced irrigation systems ⓘ
dam construction ⓘ
frankincense trade ⓘ
incense trade ⓘ
myrrh trade ⓘ
language Sabaic language ⓘ
mainCity Ma'rib NERFINISHED ⓘ
Najran NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sirwah NERFINISHED ⓘ
mainTerritory South Arabia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Yemen NERFINISHED ⓘ
majorDeity Almaqah NERFINISHED ⓘ
Athtar NERFINISHED ⓘ
Shams NERFINISHED ⓘ
mentionedIn Tanakh ⓘ
surface form: Hebrew Bible

Quran ⓘ
Roman sources ⓘ
classical Greek sources ⓘ
notableStructure Ma'rib Dam NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf Ancient South Arabian civilizations ⓘ
possibleIdentification Sheba of the Bible NERFINISHED ⓘ
region Arabian Peninsula NERFINISHED ⓘ
regionOfInfluence Hadhramaut NERFINISHED ⓘ
Yemeni highlands NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion polytheism ⓘ
successor Himyarite Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ
titleOfRuler king ⓘ
mukarrib ⓘ
tradedWith Ancient Egypt NERFINISHED ⓘ
Greco-Roman world NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kingdom of Israel NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kingdom of Judah NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mesopotamia NERFINISHED ⓘ
tradeRoute Incense Route NERFINISHED ⓘ
writingSystem Ancient South Arabian script NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (12)

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

South Arabian script → usedBy → Sabaeans ⓘ
South Arabian script → culturalContext → Sabaeans ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sabaean civilization
Minaeans → neighboringPeople → Sabaeans ⓘ
Hadramites → tradedWith → Sabaeans ⓘ
Hadramites → neighboringPeople → Sabaeans ⓘ
Marib Dam → constructedBy → Sabaeans ⓘ
Qataban → hasCulturalAffinity → Sabaeans ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sabaean culture
Qatabanians → neighbor → Sabaeans ⓘ
Sheba → associatedWithCulture → Sabaeans ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sabaean civilization
Old Sabaic → usedBy → Sabaeans ⓘ
Middle Sabaic → usedBy → Sabaeans ⓘ
Middle Sabaic → culturalContext → Sabaeans ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sabaean civilization