Once known to the Romans as Arabia Felix – Blessed Arabia – The lands of present-day Yemen were famed for their wealth, incense, and prosperity. In our very first episode, we journey back to kingdoms such as Saba, Himyar and Qataban, which dominated the incense routes that fed markets across the ancient world. This episode explores the rise and legacy of South Arabia’s forgotten civilizations in a land once celebrated as a paradise, but now struggling with violence and poverty.
Sources used:
Pierre Schneider – Fauces Rubri maris: The Greco-Roman Bab al-Mandab
Christian Julien Robin – Epigraphic Evidence for the Kingdoms of South Arabania
Mohammed Maraqten – The Pilgrimage to the Awam Temple
Wendell Phillips – Qataban and Sheba: Exploring the Ancient Kingdoms on the Biblical Spice Routes of Arabia
Alessandra Avanzini – By Land and by Sea. A History of South Arabia before Islam recounted from Inscriptions
Robert G. Hoyland – Arabia and the Arabs. From the Bronze Age to the coming of Islam
Tim Mackintosh-Smith – Arabs, A 3000-year History of Peoples, Tribes, and Empires
Music (in Chronological order):
Clavier Music – Moon Rain (Theme Song)
Alon Ohana – Taxim 2
Yotam Agam – Nomadic Conqueror
George Frederic Handel – The Arrival of the Queen of Sheba (performed by the Advent Chamber Orchestra)
Angel Salazar – Chauen
Nadaz – The Endless Nave
Rhythm Scott – Deep Dark Jungle
Alon Ohana – Ceremonies
Dov Carmel – Lecha Dodi
Sound Effects:
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10 mins
Jun 2 20251 hr and 4 mins