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Buried Christian Empire Casts New Light on Early Islam
ABCNews/SpiegelOnline ^ | December 29, 2012 | Matthias Schulz

Posted on 12/29/2012 4:19:03 AM PST by txnativegop

Story at link.

(Excerpt) Read more at abcnews.go.com ...


TOPICS: History
KEYWORDS: christendom; christianity; churchhistory; faith; godsgravesglyphs; himyarites; islam; nabataeans; yemen
For those interested in Christian history.
1 posted on 12/29/2012 4:19:09 AM PST by txnativegop
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To: txnativegop
Ancient Christian Empire in Yemen.

Wiped out by the ROP, by the way.

2 posted on 12/29/2012 5:56:43 AM PST by The Sons of Liberty ( "The right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed" - Pretty Clear to me!)
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To: txnativegop

Very plausible. The debate on the location of Queen of Sheba’s empire ranged from Ethiopia to Yemen. And if Christianity was strong enough to create a Christian king in Ethiopia, why not Yemen?


3 posted on 12/29/2012 6:37:38 AM PST by tbw2
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To: txnativegop

hmmm, i
I wonder if any connetion “The earliest copy of Quran” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y40X6ykSQlE


4 posted on 12/29/2012 6:55:06 AM PST by SIRTRIS
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To: txnativegop; AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; Bockscar; ColdOne; ...

Thanks txnativegop.

http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/buried-christian-empire-in-yemen-casts-new-light-on-early-islam-a-874048.html

other sources:

http://www.nnnforum.com/forums/showthread.php?s=91fa28a4beb85405564f380752bebe71&p=485353#post485353

Paul Yule’s paper:

http://www.academia.edu/589452/The_Highland_Environment_of_Himyarite_Zafar_Yemen_Neo-Geographic_Determinism

more about the Himyarite kdm:

http://nabataea.net/yemen.html
http://semitistik.uni-hd.de/yule_himyar.html
https://www.google.com/search?q=Himyarite&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8


5 posted on 12/29/2012 6:56:59 AM PST by SunkenCiv (Romney would have been worse, if you're a dumb ass.)
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6 posted on 12/29/2012 6:58:01 AM PST by SunkenCiv (Romney would have been worse, if you're a dumb ass.)
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To: SunkenCiv; txnativegop

“Plagues in Mecca” in the sixth century?

Too bad they didn’t nip this scourge in the bud.


7 posted on 12/29/2012 12:35:27 PM PST by TheOldLady
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To: TheOldLady

Yeah, to have a time machine...


8 posted on 12/29/2012 1:37:00 PM PST by SunkenCiv (Romney would have been worse, if you're a dumb ass.)
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To: txnativegop
To stop the advance of Christianity, individual Arab kings initially converted to Judaism. The entire ruling class of the realm eventually followed suit.

Interesting: so the Arab living today are decedents of people who converted to Judaism ?

Some of the most anti-Semite people on the face of the planet are from a Jewish heritage???

That should make some turbans tighten up a bit...LOL

9 posted on 12/29/2012 1:50:27 PM PST by Popman
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To: SunkenCiv

If only...


10 posted on 12/29/2012 9:48:08 PM PST by TheOldLady
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To: Popman; txnativegop

There were Jewish kings in Yemen before Islam. One, a convert, persecuted Christians (though one needs to see it in the socio-religious sense, not just as religious persecution).


11 posted on 12/30/2012 12:33:46 AM PST by Cronos (**Marriage is about commitment, cohabitation is about convenience.**)
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