History Of Yemen
History of yemen.
History of yemen. The romans called it arabia felix happy arabia yemen s wealth was based on its trade in frankincense myrrh and spices. The history culture economy and population of yemen have all been influenced by the country s strategic location at the southern entrance of the red sea a crossroads of both ancient and modern trade and communications routes. The ancient history of yemen south arabia is especially important because yemen is one of the oldest centers of civilization in the near east its relatively fertile land and adequate rainfall in a moister climate helped sustain a stable population a feature recognized by the ancient greek geographer ptolemy who described yemen as eudaimon arabia better known in its latin translation.
It was invaded by the romans 1st century a d as well as the ethiopians and persians 6th century a d. Ancient yemen was a prosperous place. For more than two millennia prior to the arrival of islam yemen was the home of a series of powerful and wealthy city states and empires whose prosperity was largely based upon their control over the production of frankincense and myrrh two.
Medieval history yemen no matter how it is defined or what its current political structure has always controlled the southwestern tip of the arabian peninsula the babel mandeb choke point to and from the red sea. They never exercised control over the highlands and hadramawt and did not control more than a coastal strip of the yemen bordering the red sea. The history of yemen dates back to the minaean 1200 650 b c and sabaean 750 115 b c kingdoms.
In the ancient world the states that occupied the area known today as yemen controlled the supply of such important commodities as frankincense and myrrh and. A himyarite clan called the yufirids established their rule over the highlands from saada to taiz while hadramawt was an ibadi stronghold and rejected all.
