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 12
Minaean people 2
Qatabanians 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf South Arabian people ⓘ
ancient people ⓘ
archaeologicalEvidence inscriptions in Minaean language ⓘ
capital Qarnawu ⓘ
linked to: Qarnāwu
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 ⓘ
Near East ⓘ
linked to: Middle 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 Qarnawu ⓘ
linked to: Qarnāwu
nativeLanguage Minaean language ⓘ
neighboringPeople Hadramites ⓘ
Qatabanians ⓘ
Sabaeans ⓘ
partOf ancient South Arabian civilizations ⓘ
politicalOrganization kingdom ⓘ
region Jawf region ⓘ
linked to: Razih 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 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (15)

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

Old South Arabian → usedBy → Minaeans ⓘ
Old South Arabian → usedBy → Qatabanians ⓘ
linked to: Minaeans
South Arabian script → usedBy → Minaeans ⓘ
Minaean → usedBy → Minaean people ⓘ
linked to: Minaeans
Hadramites → tradedWith → Minaeans ⓘ
Qatabanians → neighbor → Minaeans ⓘ
Wadd → associatedPeople → Minaeans ⓘ
Kingdom of Ma'in → people → Minaeans ⓘ
Kingdom of Ma'in → ethnicGroup → Minaean people ⓘ
linked to: Minaeans
Kingdom of Ma'in → hasDemonym → Minaeans ⓘ
Jawf Valley → historicalPeople → Minaeans ⓘ
subject linked to: Jawf valley