Hadramites

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The Hadramites were an ancient people of the Hadramawt region in southern Arabia, known for their participation in the incense trade and their distinctive South Arabian culture and kingdom.

All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Hadramites canonical 5
Hadramite civilization 2
Hadhrami Arabs 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf South Arabian people ⓘ
ancient people ⓘ
archaeologicalEvidenceFrom Qatn ⓘ
Raybūn ⓘ
Shabwah ⓘ
associatedWithPolity Kingdom of Hadramawt ⓘ
linked to: Hadramite kingdom
capitalCity Shabwah ⓘ
controlledRoute incense route between South Arabia and the Mediterranean ⓘ
cultivated cereals ⓘ
date palms ⓘ
grapes ⓘ
culturalSphere Ancient South Arabian civilization ⓘ
economyBasedOn incense trade ⓘ
engagedIn long-distance caravan trade ⓘ
maritime trade in the Arabian Sea ⓘ
ethnonymOf people of Hadramawt ⓘ
eventuallyIncorporatedInto Himyarite Kingdom ⓘ
linked to: Himyar
hadTitleForRuler king ⓘ
knownFor distinctive South Arabian culture ⓘ
fortified settlements ⓘ
monumental temples ⓘ
locatedInThePast Hadramawt ⓘ
southern Arabia ⓘ
mainDeity Sin (moon god) ⓘ
linked to: Nanna
mentionedIn Periplus of the Erythraean Sea ⓘ
classical Greco-Roman sources ⓘ
neighboringPeople Himyarites ⓘ
linked to: Himyar

Qatabanians ⓘ
Sabaeans ⓘ
partOfHistoricalRegion ancient South Arabia ⓘ
politicalOrganization monarchy ⓘ
practiced irrigated agriculture ⓘ
regionCorrespondsTo modern Hadhramaut (Yemen) ⓘ
linked to: Hadhramaut
religion South Arabian polytheism ⓘ
timePeriod 1st millennium BCE ⓘ
early 1st millennium CE ⓘ
tradedCommodity frankincense ⓘ
myrrh ⓘ
tradedWith Greco-Roman world ⓘ
linked to: Classical antiquity

Minaeans ⓘ
Nabataeans ⓘ
linked to: Nabataean kingdom

Qatabanians ⓘ
Sabaeans ⓘ
usedLanguage Hadramitic language ⓘ
usedLanguageFamily Old South Arabian languages ⓘ
linked to: Old South Arabian

Semitic languages ⓘ
usedWritingSystem Ancient South Arabian script ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (10)

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

Old South Arabian → usedBy → Hadramites ⓘ
Himyar → ethnicGroup → South Arabians ⓘ
linked to: Hadramites
South Arabian script → usedBy → Hadramites ⓘ
Minaeans → neighboringPeople → Hadramites ⓘ
Hadhramaut → ethnicGroup → Hadhrami Arabs ⓘ
linked to: Hadramites
Qatabanians → neighbor → Hadramites ⓘ
Raybūn → partOf → Hadramite civilization ⓘ
linked to: Hadramites
Qatn → associatedWith → Hadramite civilization ⓘ
linked to: Hadramites
Qatn → culture → Hadramite culture ⓘ
linked to: Hadramites