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Qataban () was an ancient Yemenite kingdom in South Arabia that existed from the early 1st millennium BCE to the late 1st or 2nd centuries CE.

Key facts

Former country.conventional_long_name
Kingdom of Qataban
Former country.government_type
Kingdom
Former country.year_start
Early 1st millennium BCE
Former country.year_end
Late 1st or late 2nd century CE
Former country.s1
Himyarite KingdomḤimyar
Former country.s2
Kingdom of HadhramautḤaḍramawt
Former country.image_map
South arabia 100bc (cropped).jpg
Former country.image_map_caption
Qatabān in 100 BCE
Former country.capital
Timna
Former country.common_languages
Qatabanian
Former country.religion
South Arabian polytheism
Former country.demonym
Qatabanian
Former country.today
Yemen

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inception
0800-00-00
Commons category
Qataban
dissolved, abolished or demolished date
0150-01-01
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12 sections
Contents
  • Geography
  • History
  • Prehistory
  • Kingdom
  • Legacy
  • Religion
  • Economy
  • List of rulers
  • {{Transliteration|xqt|Mukarrib}}s of Qatabān
  • {{Transliteration|xqt|Malik}}s of Qatabān
  • References
  • Bibliography

Qataban () was an ancient Yemenite kingdom in South Arabia that existed from the early 1st millennium BCE to the late 1st or 2nd centuries CE.

It was one of the six ancient South Arabian kingdoms of ancient Yemen, along with Sabaʾ, Maʿīn, Ḥaḍramawt, Ḥimyar and Awsān.

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