Qataban
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
Article
12 sectionsContents
- 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.