Dripping divination in pre‐Islamic South Arabia: The oracle sanctuary of Jār al‐Labbā revisited

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jason Weimar
Keyword(s):  
South Arabia

THE HIMYARITE KINGDOM ON THE EVE OF AND AFTER THE ETHIOPIAN DOMINANCE IN THE SIXTH CENTURY A.D. IN THE MARTYRDOM OF ST. ARETHAS AND HIS COMPANIONS AND IN THE ACTS OF ST. GREGENTIUS

2017 ◽  
Vol 24 (2) ◽  
pp. 678-700
Author(s):  
V Christides
Keyword(s):  
Social Structure ◽  
Red Sea ◽  
Present Author ◽  
Sixth Century ◽  
South Arabia ◽  
The Social ◽  
Preliminary Study

Based on two important hagiographical works written in Greek, the Martyrdom of St. Arethas and his companions and the Acts of St. Gregentius, the aim of this paper is to continue my preliminary study of the countries around the Red Sea in pre-Islamic times, especially in the sixth century A.D. The most valuable information in the Martyrdom concerns the hazardous voyage of the Ethiopian army from the main port of Adulis across the Red Sea to South Arabia (ca 525 A.D.). This work illuminates aspects of that expedition which do not appear in such detail in any other source. In addition, it describes the ports of the Red Sea in the sixth century, i.e., Klysma, Bereniki, Adulis, etc., corroborating the finds of archaeology and epigraphy. Concerning the controversial Acts of St. Gregentius, the present author has tried to discuss only some vital information reflecting the social structure of South Arabia during its Ethiopian occupation until the Persian conquest of it (ca 525 A.D. – ca 570 A.D.), and attempted to trace the origin of just one law (the treatment of animals) among those supposedly imposed on the Himyarites by the so-called archbishop Gregentius.

Relations between Ethiopia and South Arabia: problems of architecture

2011 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
pp. 53-77
Author(s):  
Jean-François Breton
Keyword(s):  
South Arabia

Reclamation of Ancient Agricultural Soils in Wahidi, South Arabia

1966 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
pp. 279-286 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. B. Hearn ◽  
D. A. Rijks ◽  
D. E. Wilcox
Keyword(s):  
Agricultural Soils ◽  
South Arabia

SummaryWhere ancient agricultural sites are brought back into cultivation, using new forms of irrigation, cotton often grows badly in the first few seasons. A theory is developed to account for these failures, and it is shown that heavy irrigations before planting not only produce better crops but may also economise in water.

Some Palaeoliths from South Arabia

1954 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 189-218 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. Caton-Thompson
Keyword(s):  
Geographical Society ◽  
South Arabia ◽  
First Time ◽  
Do So

The material here described was found in the Hadhramaut by Elinor Gardner and myself between November 1937 and March 1938. My personal investigation of the Palaeolithic Age was limited by pre-Islamic excavations, and I am therefore indebted to her for the gathering of most of the specimens in situ in terrace gravels, and to her detailed study of their positions.The collection consists mainly of groups from four fairly widely separated localities; the physiography of these has already been outlined in a comprehensive paper published in the Geographical Journal. Whenever appropriate to the purpose of this account, which is to place for the first time on illustrated record all we observed about the palaeoliths, I have reused in this different context illustrations of Quaternary environment which appeared in that Journal. With thanks I acknowledge the permission of the Royal Geographical Society to do so.

South Arabia, Arena of Conflict

1968 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 203
Author(s):  
J. R. Blackburn ◽  
Tom Little
Keyword(s):  
South Arabia

CHRISTIANITY IN SOUTH ARABIA

1946 ◽  
Vol 36 (3) ◽  
pp. 193-216 ◽  
Author(s):  
ARTHUR JEFFERY
Keyword(s):  
South Arabia

Nasser's drive for South Arabia

Survival ◽  
1967 ◽  
Vol 9 (5) ◽  
pp. 158-162
Author(s):  
Lawrence Mosher
Keyword(s):  
South Arabia
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