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Thc cco ollly of thc arca dcpcndcd on tr0dc arrd agriculturul product. ln
co ras( ro [gypt or hdus civilisations. in which agricultu.c $as bascd upon
the cxploitatiotr ofDti8hty riveE, Ycmen lackcd this lbnune so a syslcD had
to bc crealed to tale advarlage of bricf floods aner hcavy rains. Thc a|lcienl
Arabians buill teffaced ficld still in use loda) drd anar)gcd Lo injgatc lhem
by an inlricale patlenl of denedors i|l fte lallcys. Thc rnosl laNous ot these
was lhe greal Daln at Sabacar capilal of Marib which was built about 500
llc ! d wlrs otrc ot-lhc tlordc6 ol lhe Pcnnrso In lhoaror tltrs s' lcrtilt llul
a women 'nie|l!walk under ll|e liuil trees rvidr a baskcl on her head which in
a lbw mirut€s rvould fill with windlhlls.
tlowcvcr, hunrar ac1 dd Datural disaslcrs dcslrovcd lhc uncicnl Ycnren'
civiliza.io|l. Irorei$ powers itrvadcd Y€Netr to coolrol ovcr i|s weal$ whilc
great Marib Darn was dcslroyed by rains llood, which lurr|cd dl€ arca as a
desert and torced lhe pcople 10 niarat€ towards difletent rcgrcns
Ncvcftclcss, YcDrcn cotrLiDucd to llay m irnDortxrL ntc nr s!ruadirrg lsltlll
all ove. the world us Yemcnis werc the lirst Mtiorr to embrae religio'r of
lslam.
'this study ainN lo Sive
conDr€hcnsivc accounis oi dre histo-polilical
developntnts in yemen simce early liNes lill prese l' including the €llbcls
of irten|aliolml changes orr Yenrcn in gcDcral and fte unilicatd) In
paf cular. Ycmcn is parl ol lhc Middlc [ust, thc ntosl rD]po(dlt arca nr utc
world liom ccoDomic ard rcligious ponrt ol vierv A,rbiarr l'coir)sulu N'rs
given more altenlion by fie geologisb and archeologists' |e hisloria$ and
gcographcrs, llE rr|crclnrrt, llc slrlryn.D and lhc slf.rLcgisl! MosL vduablc
connnodily d i cftlarional Lradc ail tl|c Cull statcs i$sunrcd grcal