Sheba

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• Name	Sheba
  Gender	Male
  Death	Yes, date unknown
  Notes	«b»http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sons_of_Noah «u»«/b»Sheba «/u», son of Raamah. Has been connected with «u»Sabaeans «/u» and peoples on either side of the narrowest part of the «u»Red Sea «/u», in both «u»Yemen «/u»/South Arabia, and «u»Eritrea «/u»/«u»Ethiopia «/u»/«u»Somalia «/u». «b» http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheba Biblical tradition «/b»Sheba is mentioned several times in the «u»Bible «/u». For instance, in the «u»Table of Nations «/u» («u»Genesis «/u» 10:7), Sheba, along with «u»Dedan «/u», is listed as a descendant of «u»Noah «/u»'s son «u»Ham «/u» (as sons of «u»Raamah «/u» son of «u»Cush «/u»). In Genesis 25:3, Sheba and Dedan are listed as names of sons of «u»Jokshan «/u», son of «u»Abraham «/u». Another Sheba is listed in the Table of Nations (Genesis 10:28) as a son of «u»Joktan «/u», another descendant of Noah's son «u»Shem «/u». Yet another Sheba is mentioned in «u»2 Samuel «/u» 20:1-22 who rebelled against King David, was beheaded and his head thrown over the wall by the people in the city of Abel in order to save their lives. In «u»Ethiopian Orthodox «/u» tradition, the last of these three Shebas (Joktan's son) is considered the primary ancestor of the original «u»Semitic «/u» component in their «u»ethnogenesis «/u», while «u»Sabtah «/u» and «u»Sabtecah «/u», sons of Cush, are considered the ancestors of the «u»Cushitic «/u» element. «u»Jewish «/u»-«u»Roman «/u» «u»historian «/u» «u»Josephus «/u» describes a place called Saba as a «u»walled «/u», royal city of «u»Ethiopia «/u», which «u»Cambyses «/u» afterwards named «u»Meroe «/u». He says "it was both encompassed by the Nile quite round, and the other rivers, «u»Astapus «/u» and «u»Astaboras «/u»" offering protection from both foreign armies and river «u»floods «/u». According to Josephus it was the conquering of Saba that brought great fame to a young «u»Egyptian «/u» «u»Prince «/u», simultaneously exposing his personal background as a slave child named «u»Moses «/u».«u»[4]«/u» The «u»«i»Kitab al-Magall «/u»«/i» ("Book of the Rolls", considered part of «u»Clementine literature «/u») and the «u»«i»Cave of Treasures «/u»«/i» mention a tradition that after being founded by the children of Saba (son of Joktan), there was a succession of sixty female rulers up until the time of «u»Solomon «/u». The Biblical tradition of the "«u»Queen of Sheba «/u»" (named «i»Makeda«/i» in Ethiopian tradition and «i»Bilqis«/i» in Islamic tradition) makes its first appearance in world literature in «i»1 Kings 10«/i», describing her as travelling to Jerusalem to behold the fame of «u»King Solomon «/u». Owing to the connection with the Queen of Sheba, the location has thus become closely linked with national prestige, as various royal houses have claimed descent from the Queen of Sheba and «u»Solomon «/u». The most vigorous claimant has been and «u»Eritrea «/u», where Sheba was traditionally linked with the ancient «u»Axumite Kingdom «/u». «b»Islamic origins «/b»The «u»Qur'anic «/u» Queen of Sheba, Balqis, was a ruler who visited «u»Solomon «/u» after receiving a letter from him inviting her to submit to «u»God «/u». The letter read, "In the Name of «u»Allah «/u», the Most Beneficent, and Most Merciful: be you not exalted against me, but come to me as «u»Muslims «/u» (true believers who submit with full submission)" (27:30-31 «u»Quran «/u»). After visiting with King «u»Solomon «/u» the Queen of Sheba said, "My Lord! Verily, I have wronged myself, and I submit (in «u»Islam «/u»), together with Sulayman, to «u»Allah «/u», the Lord of the «u»Alamin «/u» (mankind, «u»jinns «/u», and all that exists)" (27:20-44 «u»Quran «/u»). «b»Archaeological considerations «/b»See also: «u»Queen of Sheba «/u» and «u»Rulers of Sheba «/u» Modern archaeological evidence increasingly supports Sheba being located in modern Yemen at or near the site of the famous «u»Marib Dam «/u», which was first built more than 2500 years ago.«u»[5][6][7]«/u» Some scholars suggest a link to the «u»Sabaeans «/u» of southern Arabia.«u»[8]«/u» A number of sources claim that the people of Sheba controlled trade in the Red Sea, and expanded at some point from Arabia into Africa to found trading posts in the lands currently called Eritrea and Somalia.«u»[9][10]«/u» In the medieval Ethiopian cultural work called the «u»Kebra Nagast «/u», Sheba was located in Ethiopia.«u»[11]«/u» Some scholars therefore point to a region in northern «u»Tigray «/u» and «u»Eritrea «/u» which was once called Saba (later called «u»Meroe«/u»), as a possible link with the Biblical Sheba.«u»[12]«/u» Other scholars link Sheba with «u»Shewa «/u» (also written as Shoa, modern «u»Addis Ababa «/u») in Ethiopia.«u»[13]«/u» Ruins in many other countries, including «u»Ethiopia «/u», «u»Somalia «/u», «u»Sudan «/u», «u»Egypt «/u», «u»Eritrea «/u» and «u»Iran «/u» have been credited as being Sheba, but with only minimal evidence. There has even been a suggestion of a link between the name "Sheba" and that of «u»Zanzibar «/u» ("San-Sheba"). «b»Bibliography «tab»«/b»Alessandro de Maigret. «i»Arabia Felix«/i», translated Rebecca Thompson. London: Stacey International, 2002. «u»ISBN 1-900988-07-0 «/u» «u»«tab»Andrey Korotayev «/u». «i»Ancient Yemen«/i». Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1995. «u»ISBN 0-19-922237-1 «/u». «tab»Andrey Korotayev. «i»Pre-Islamic Yemen«/i». Wiesbaden: «u»Harrassowitz«/u» Verlag, 1996. «u»ISBN 3-447-03679-6 «/u». «b»References «u»1. ^«/u»«/b» «u»<http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2000/09/12/sheba000912.html>«/u» «u»«b»2. ^«/u»«/b» «u»<http://books.google.com/books?id=aM5hw9kZJ8sC&pg=PA160&lpg=PA160&dq=%2Bsheba,+%2Bmarib&source=bl&ots=lSNwgtEjnK&sig=4kiCYFlhHZwz3QJW9Of8apfzkVY&hl=en&ei=xNpZSrzOCeGrjAe18twa&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=6>«/u» «u»«b»3. ^«/u»«/b» «u»<http://books.google.com/books?id=2Vo-11umIZQC&pg=PA257&lpg=PA257&dq=%2Bsheba,+%2Bmarib&source=bl&ots=5QdSdWXuQS&sig=bCECpLzCkRBqWmDrdB8rgf5R9BI&hl=en&ei=pdpZSp6KJ4isjAfqgekb&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=3>«/u» «u»«b»4. ^«/u»«/b» Josephus, «u»«i»Antiquities of the Jews «/u»«/i» II.10 «u»«b»5. ^«/u»«/b» «u»<http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2000/09/12/sheba000912.html>«/u» «u»«b»6. ^«/u»«/b» «u»<http://books.google.com/books?id=aM5hw9kZJ8sC&pg=PA160&lpg=PA160&dq=%2Bsheba,+%2Bmarib&source=bl&ots=lSNwgtEjnK&sig=4kiCYFlhHZwz3QJW9Of8apfzkVY&hl=en&ei=xNpZSrzOCeGrjAe18twa&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=6>«/u» «u»«b»7. ^«/u»«/b» «u»<http://books.google.com/books?id=2Vo-11umIZQC&pg=PA257&lpg=PA257&dq=%2Bsheba,+%2Bmarib&source=bl&ots=5QdSdWXuQS&sig=bCECpLzCkRBqWmDrdB8rgf5R9BI&hl=en&ei=pdpZSp6KJ4isjAfqgekb&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=3>«/u» «u»«b»8 ^«/u»«/b» Stuart Munro-Hay, Aksum: An African Civilization of Late Antiquity, 1991 «u»«b»9. ^«/u»«/b» Ethiopia in Pictures, bJeffrey Zuehlke «u»«b»10 ^«/u»«/b» The history of Ethiopia, by Saheed A. Adejumobi «u»«b»11 ^«/u»«/b» Edward Ullendorff, Ethiopia and the Bible (Oxford: University Press for the British Academy, 1968), p. 75 «u»«b»12 ^«/u»«/b» The Quest for the Ark of the Covenant: The True History of the Tablets of Moses, by Stuart Munro-Hay «u»«b»13 ^«/u»«/b» Donald N. Levine, Wax and Gold: Tradition and Innovation in Ethiopia Culture (Chicago: University Press, 1972)
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  Father	Raamah   d. Yes, date unknown
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