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HISTORY OF CHRISTIANITY IN THE LANDS OF MY TOIL: PROF. M. M. NINAN Kings 10:7). The Queen of Sheba gave King Solomon 120 talents of gold, precious stones and the largest quantity of spices ever brought to Jerusalem (1 Kings 10:10). In return King Solomon gives the Queen of Sheba gifts and “every desire that she expressed” (1 Kings 10:13). After receiving these gifts, the queen returned to the land of Sheba with her retinue. This is the story as given in the Bible. https://www.thoughtco.com/who-was-the-queen-of-sheba-3528524 http://www.pbs.org/mythsandheroes/myths_four_sheba.html But the question remained was. What was the name of the Queen of Sheba?. Where is this kingdom known as Sheba? Old testament gives the name of Seba/Sheba in its table of nations among the children of Noah and their descendance. Seba is the grand son of Ham and we also have a Sheba as the great grandson of Ham. There are however several suggestion in the Table of nations given in. Genesis 10:7 There is person called 'Seba'. But 'Sheba' is mentioned as a grandson of Cush via Raamah in the same list. Cush or Kush has been associated with the empire of Kush, a land south of Egypt.- Ethiopia. It is also associated with the North Indian mountainous territories of Hindukush. We can identify the wide area of the Cushite region both in Africa, Yemen and India. The Sabaeans were a Semitic people who, at an unknown date, entered southern Arabia from the north, imposing their Semitic culture . The country Sheba or Saba, whose name means Host of Heaven and peace, was Abyssinia. Located in southwest Arabia on the eastern tip of the Red Sea, Sheba was thriving about 3000 years ago and occupied 483,000 square miles of mountains, valleys (wadis) and deserts in the area of present day Yemen. Ethiopia, on the western end of the Red Sea, was also part of Sheba's territory. Incense Route Sheba was a wealthy country with an advanced irrigation system. Its people, the Sabaeans, built dams as high as 60 feet with spans of almost a mile. They cut large earthen wells into the Earth, which allowed them to irrigate their abundant gardens. Sheba was also rich in gold and other precious stones. But her real wealth was in her exclusive trade in frankincense and exotic spices sought by neighboring kingdoms. Sheba also had a very lucrative caravan trade. By 1000 B.C., camels frequently traveled the 1400 miles up the "Incense Road" and along the Red Sea to Israel. The Road began in the port of Al Mukulla and Bir Ali where ships would bring goods from distant India and the Orient. 38
HISTORY OF CHRISTIANITY IN THE LANDS OF MY TOIL: PROF. M. M. NINAN Frankincense (Boswellia) and Myrrh (Commiphora) species are economically and ecologically important plant species found mainly in the horn of Africa: Ethiopia and also in Yemen . They are obtained from aromatic gum resins. Frankincense was used as an offering to the gods and its rich perfumed smoke would rise like prayers to the heavens. It's aroma also made it valuable during cremations and it was often heaped on funeral pyres. Another Sabaean spice was Myrrh, an ingredient in fragrant oils and cosmetics. It was also used in preparing bodies for burial. The kingdom of Saba was so dependent on the spice route that when the caravans stopped arriving during the 6th century BC, as a result of new trails, the Sabaean economy collapsed. Nevertheless, the kingdom continued to exist until the 3rd century AD, when it was conquered by the Himyarites. 39
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