Thursday, May 21, 2009

Ancient Yemen

Ancient Yemen
A) Yemen was not in any of the major locations such as, Mesopotamia, or Upper Egypt, it was just classified as South Arabia.
20c BC Middle East 

B) The main language that is, and has been, spoken in Yemen is Arabic

C) On of the most notable ancient structures in Yemen is The Bar'an Temple in Ma'rib, Yemen. It was built in the 10th century B.C.


Sources:
A) http://www.ourfarm.org/webs/pytw/PYtW_03.php
B) Dan Smith, The State of the Middle East: An Atlas of Conflict and Resolution (University of California Press Berkeley and Los Angeles, California, 2006, 2008), 114.
C) http://www.terrahermes.com/images/axum2.jpg
     "Queen of Sheba". Answers.com. http://www.answers.com/topic/queen-of-sheba (Accessed May, 21)

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