Qatabanians

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The Qatabanians were an ancient South Arabian people who established a prosperous kingdom centered in present-day Yemen, known for its incense trade and distinctive Semitic language and culture.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Qatabanians canonical 6

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf South Arabian people ⓘ
ancient people ⓘ
capital Timna ⓘ
continent Asia ⓘ
country Qataban ⓘ
culture Semitic culture ⓘ
South Arabian culture ⓘ
economyBasedOn frankincense trade ⓘ
incense trade ⓘ
myrrh trade ⓘ
engagedIn long-distance trade ⓘ
ethnicGroupOf Qataban ⓘ
flourishedInPeriod 1st millennium BCE ⓘ
early 1st millennium CE ⓘ
hasArchaeologicalSite Timna (Qataban) ⓘ
linked to: Timna
hasDemonym Qatabanian ⓘ
linked to: Qataban
hasEthnonym Qatabanian ⓘ
linked to: Qataban
historicalStatus extinct people ⓘ
knownFor caravan trade ⓘ
control of incense routes ⓘ
dam and canal systems ⓘ
irrigated agriculture ⓘ
language Qatabanic language ⓘ
languageFamily Semitic languages ⓘ
languageSubfamily Old South Arabian languages ⓘ
locatedIn ancient South Arabia ⓘ
present-day Yemen ⓘ
mainDeity Amm ⓘ
neighbor Hadramites ⓘ
Himyarites ⓘ
linked to: Himyar

Minaeans ⓘ
Sabaeans ⓘ
partOf ancient South Arabian civilizations ⓘ
pre-Islamic Arabian peoples ⓘ
partOfTradeNetwork Incense Route ⓘ
Red Sea trade network ⓘ
politicalStructure monarchy ⓘ
region Wadi Bayhan area ⓘ
central Yemen ⓘ
religion ancient South Arabian polytheism ⓘ
rulerTitle king ⓘ
successorState Himyarite Kingdom ⓘ
linked to: Himyar
used South Arabian alphabet ⓘ
usedFor monumental inscriptions ⓘ
rock inscriptions ⓘ
writingSystem Ancient South Arabian script ⓘ

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Referenced by (6)

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

South Arabian script → usedBy → Qatabanians ⓘ
Minaeans → neighboringPeople → Qatabanians ⓘ
Hadramites → tradedWith → Qatabanians ⓘ
Hadramites → neighboringPeople → Qatabanians ⓘ
Qatabanian kingdom → hasEthnicGroup → Qatabanians ⓘ