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Dedan has several different meanings in the Hebrew Bible. Dedan (now part of Al-'Ula, Saudi Arabia) was an oasis and city-state of north-western Arabia. The people of Dedan are called Dedanim or Dedanites. Dedan is also the name of the son of Raamah and the son of Jokshan.
The term Dedan (ddn) appears in ancient texts exclusively as a toponym (name of a place), while the term Lihyan (lḥyn) appears as both a toponym and an ethnonym (name of a people). Dedan appears initially to have referred to the mountain of Jabal al-Khuraybah.
Before conversion to Christianity, the Aksumites followed a polytheistic religion that was similar to that of Southern Arabia. The lunar god Hawbas was worshiped in South Arabia and Aksum. [96] The god Astar, a sky-deity was related to that of 'Attar, was also worshipped in Aksum. [97] The god Almaqah was worshiped at Hawulti-Melazo. [98]
Dedan, an ancient Arabian city-state located in the oasis of al-ʿUla; for the kingdom in its later phase, see Lihyan; for the city in the Bible, see Dedan (Bible) Dedan State, a former princely state in Gujarat, western India; Dedan Kimathi, a leader of the Kenyan Mau Mau revolt; Dedan, a major antagonist of the independent video game Off
Dhul Khalasa is a god worshipped by the Bajila and the Khath'am tribes, and was reportedly worshipped as a "god of redemption". His temple became known as the Kaaba of Yemen. Attested: Dhu Samawi: Dhu Samawi, literally "the Heavenly One", is a god who probably originated from northern Arabia, but also found worship in south Arabia.
1800 BC Birth of Abraham following the foundation of Judaism and the Abrahamic religions; 1600 BCE: The ancient development of Stonehenge came to an end. 1500 BCE: The Vedic period began in India after the collapse of the Indus Valley Civilisation. 1500 BCE – 1000 BCE: The oldest of the Hindu Vedas (scriptures), the Rigveda was composed.
The Parsis or Parsees (/ ˈ p ɑːr s i /) are a Zoroastrian community in the Indian subcontinent. [5] They are descended from Persian refugees who migrated to the Indian subcontinent during and after the Arab-Islamic conquest of Iran in the 7th century, when Zoroastrians were persecuted by the early Muslims.
The Mesha Stele bears the earliest known reference (840 BCE) to the Israelite god Yahweh. [16]Judaism, the oldest Abrahamic religion, is based on a strict, exclusive monotheism, [4] [17] finding its origins in the sole veneration of Yahweh, [4] [18] [19] [20] the predecessor to the Abrahamic conception of God.