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ID: 8698247
Page Link:
http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/8698247
Record Type:
administrative
Ma'īn (former nation/state/empire)
Coordinates:
Lat: 16 41 20 N
degrees minutes
Lat: 16.6897
decimal degrees
Long: 045 36 39 E
degrees minutes
Long: 45.6116
decimal degrees
Note:
Kingdom and important trade center between Arabia Felix (present-day Yemen) and the Mediterranean basin. Capital at Qarnāw. Fell to the Sabeans in the late 2nd century BCE.
Names:
Ma'īn
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preferred
,
C
,
V
)
Hierarchical Position:
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Asia
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Al Yaman
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Ma'īn
(former nation/state/empire) (
P
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Place Types:
former nation/state/empire (
preferred
,
C
)
............
4th-2nd century BCE
kingdom (
H
)
Sources and Contributors:
Ma'īn..........
[
VP Preferred
]
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Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2015-)
accessed 01 November 2016
Subject:
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[
VP
]
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Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2015-)
accessed 01 November 2016
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NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-)
accessed 01 November 2016
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Robin and de Maigret, Le royaume sudarabique de Ma'īn (2009)
57
Note:
English
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[
VP
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Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2015-)
accessed 01 November 2016
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Robin and de Maigret, Le royaume sudarabique de Ma'īn (2009)
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