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The history of this dynasty is obscure; they never exercised control over the highlands and Hadramawt, and did not control more than a coastal strip of the Yemen bordering the Red Sea. [61] A Himyarite clan called the Yufirids established their rule over the highlands from Saada to Taiz , while Hadramawt was an Ibadi stronghold and rejected all ...
This is a timeline of Yemeni history, comprising important legal and territorial changes and political events in Yemen and its predecessor states. To understand the context to these events, see History of Yemen .
Yemen, [a] officially the Republic of Yemen, [b] is a country in West Asia. [11] Located in southern Arabia, it borders Saudi Arabia to the north, Oman to the northeast, the Red Sea to the west, the Gulf of Aden to the south, and the southeasten part of the Arabian sea to the east, sharing maritime borders with Eritrea, Djibouti and Somalia across the Horn of Africa.
Agriculture in Yemen thrived during this time due to an advanced irrigation system which consisted of large water tunnels in mountains, and dams. The most impressive of these earthworks, known as the Ma'rib Dam was built c. 700 BCE, provided irrigation for about 25,000 acres (101 km²) of land [ 17 ] and stood for over a millennium, finally ...
The known lists of governors are often unclear and contradictory, but represent almost the only information about the early history of Islamic Yemen. [4] Governors are mentioned for the entirety of Yemeni territory, but also individually for Sana'a, al-Janad (based at Taiz ), and Hadramawt .
The modern history of Yemen began with the withdrawal of the Ottoman Empire.In 1839 the British set up a protective area around the southern port of Aden and in 1918 the northern Kingdom of Yemen gained independence from the Ottoman Empire.
History of Yemen by topic (9 C) * Yemen history-related lists (1 C, 11 P) A. Archaeology of Yemen (2 C, 3 P) D. Defunct mass media in Yemen (1 C) E. Historical events ...
The Kingdom of Yemen (Arabic: المملكة اليمنية, romanized: al-Mamlakah al-Yamanīyah), officially the Mutawakkilite Kingdom of Yemen (Arabic: المملكة المتوكلية اليمنية, romanized: al-Mamlakah al-Mutawakkilīyah al-Yamanīyah) and also known simply as Yemen or, retrospectively, as North Yemen, was a state that existed between 1918 and 1970 in the northwestern ...