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ID: 6005076
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/6005076
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Sheba (former nation/state/empire)  Sheba (former nation/state/empire)

Coordinates:
Lat: 15 28 12 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 15.4700  decimal degrees
Long: 045 19 12 E  degrees minutes   Long: 45.3200  decimal degrees

Note: Area of southwestern Arabia; ancient Sabaeans were Semitic people with very ancient culture; language was closely related to Ethiopic, and inhabitants colonized Ethiopia; became strong power due to strategic location on India-Africa trade route.

Names:
Saba' (preferred,C,V)
Saba (C,O)
Sheba (C,O,English-P,U,N)
Sabaean kingdom (C,V)
Sabaea (C,V)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Asia (continent)  ....  Asia (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Sheba (former nation/state/empire)  ........  Sheba (former nation/state/empire) (P)

Place Types:
former nation/state/empire (preferred, C)
kingdom (H)

Sources and Contributors:
Saba..........  [VP]
...........  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 1106
Saba'..........  [VP Preferred]
..............  Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2015-) accessed 23 May 2017
..............  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 1106
Sabaea..........  [VP]
.................  Times Atlas of World History (1993) 354
Sabaean kingdom..........  [VP]
.............................  Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2015-) accessed 23 May 2017
Sheba..........  [VP]
..............  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 1106
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2015-) accessed 23 May 2017
..................  Times Atlas of World History (1993) 354
..................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 1106
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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