Kingdom of Hadhramaut
Ḥaḍramawt (Ḥaḑramitic: 𐩢𐩳𐩧𐩣𐩩, romanized: ḤḌRMT; Sabaic, Minaic, Qatabānic: 𐩢𐩳𐩧𐩣𐩥𐩩, romanized: ḤḌRMWT) was an ancient South Semitic-speaking kingdom of South Arabia which existed from the early 1st millennium BCE till the late 3rd century CE in the area currently named after it in the region of the Ṣayhad desert.
Ḥaḍramawt 𐩢𐩳𐩧𐩣𐩩 | |||||||||
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Early 1st millennium BCE–c. 290 CE | |||||||||
Ḥaḍramawt in 400 BCE | |||||||||
Capital | Šabwat | ||||||||
Common languages | Ḥaḑramitic | ||||||||
Religion | South Arabian polytheism | ||||||||
Demonym(s) | Hadhramite | ||||||||
Government | Kingdom | ||||||||
Historical era | Iron Age Classical Antiquity | ||||||||
• Established | Early 1st millennium BCE | ||||||||
• Disestablished | c. 290 CE | ||||||||
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Today part of | Yemen |
The kingdom of Ḥaḍramawt was one of the six ancient South Arabian kingdoms, along with Sabaʾ, Maʿīn, Qatabān, Ḥimyar, and Awsān. Little is known about Ḥaḍramawt compared to the other early South Arabian states.
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