Sabaeans

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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.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Sabaeans canonical 12
Sabaean civilization 10
Sabaean culture 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Semitic people ⓘ
South Arabian people ⓘ
ancient people ⓘ
associatedWith Kingdom of Sheba ⓘ
capital Ma'rib ⓘ
culture South Arabian culture ⓘ
economy long-distance caravan trade ⓘ
economyBasedOn agriculture ⓘ
trade ⓘ
ethnicity South Arabian Semites ⓘ
linked to: Semitic peoples
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 ⓘ
Najran ⓘ
Sirwah ⓘ
mainTerritory South Arabia ⓘ
linked to: Southern Arabia

Yemen ⓘ
majorDeity Almaqah ⓘ
Athtar ⓘ
Shams ⓘ
mentionedIn Hebrew Bible ⓘ
linked to: Tanakh

Quran ⓘ
Roman sources ⓘ
classical Greek sources ⓘ
notableStructure Ma'rib Dam ⓘ
partOf Ancient South Arabian civilizations ⓘ
possibleIdentification Sheba of the Bible ⓘ
linked to: Sheba
region Arabian Peninsula ⓘ
regionOfInfluence Hadhramaut ⓘ
Yemeni highlands ⓘ
linked to: Yemeni Highlands
religion polytheism ⓘ
successor Himyarite Kingdom ⓘ
linked to: Himyar
titleOfRuler king ⓘ
mukarrib ⓘ
tradedWith Ancient Egypt ⓘ
linked to: Pharaonic Egypt

Greco-Roman world ⓘ
Kingdom of Israel ⓘ
Kingdom of Judah ⓘ
Mesopotamia ⓘ
tradeRoute Incense Route ⓘ
writingSystem Ancient South Arabian script ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (26)

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

South Arabian script → usedBy → Sabaeans ⓘ
South Arabian script → culturalContext → Sabaean civilization ⓘ
linked to: Sabaeans
Minaeans → neighboringPeople → Sabaeans ⓘ
Hadramites → tradedWith → Sabaeans ⓘ
Hadramites → neighboringPeople → Sabaeans ⓘ
Marib Dam → constructedBy → Sabaeans ⓘ
Qataban → hasCulturalAffinity → Sabaean culture ⓘ
linked to: Sabaeans
Qatabanians → neighbor → Sabaeans ⓘ
Sheba → associatedWithCulture → Sabaean civilization ⓘ
linked to: Sabaeans
Old Sabaic → usedBy → Sabaeans ⓘ
Middle Sabaic → usedBy → Sabaeans ⓘ
Middle Sabaic → culturalContext → Sabaean civilization ⓘ
linked to: Sabaeans
Ma'rib → culture → Sabaean civilization ⓘ
linked to: Sabaeans
Mukarrib → usedInCulture → Sabaean civilization ⓘ
subject linked to: mukarrib
linked to: Sabaeans
Mukarrib → associatedWithPeople → Sabaeans ⓘ
subject linked to: mukarrib
Ma'rib temple complex → culture → Sabaean civilization ⓘ
linked to: Sabaeans
Awwam Temple → culture → Sabaean ⓘ
linked to: Sabaeans
Awwam Temple → builtBy → Sabaeans ⓘ
Awwam Temple → category → Sabaean civilization ⓘ
linked to: Sabaeans
Musnad script → usedBy → Sabaean culture ⓘ
linked to: Sabaeans
Almaqah → culture → Sabaean civilization ⓘ
linked to: Sabaeans
Almaqah → worshipedBy → Sabaeans ⓘ
Barran Temple → culture → Sabaean civilization ⓘ
linked to: Sabaeans
Wadi Adhana → relatedTo → Sabaean civilization ⓘ
linked to: Sabaeans
Yemen desert fringe → culturalAssociation → Sabaean culture ⓘ
linked to: Sabaeans