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Abraha's campaign against Ma'add
Abraha's campaign against Ma'add, also called Abraha's expedition to central Arabia, was a Himyarite military expedition against central Arabia, completed in December 552 CE and recorded in inscription Ry 506.
Abraha's repair of the Ma'rib dam
Abraha's repair of the Ma'rib dam was the restoration of the Great Dam of Ma'rib in 547–548 by Abraha, the Ethiopian-born king of Himyar, recorded in two inscriptions.
Adoption of Judaism by Himyar
The adoption of Judaism by Himyar, or Himyarite conversion to Judaism, made the Himyarite kingdom of ancient South Arabia Jewish between 380 and 384 CE.
Aelius Gallus expedition
The Aelius Gallus expedition was a failed Roman invasion of Arabia Felix in 25–24 BC, led by Aelius Gallus, prefect of Egypt, on Augustus's orders; disease and treachery doomed it.
Aksumite invasion of Himyar
The Aksumite invasion of Himyar was a 525 CE campaign in which King Kaleb of Aksum overthrew Yusuf Dhu Nuwas, the Jewish king of Himyar in Yemen.
Aksumite–Persian wars
The Aksumite–Persian wars, also called the Abyssinian–Persian wars, were 6th-century contests between Aksum and Sasanian Persia for South Arabia, ending Aksumite rule in Yemen around 570.
Breaches of the Great Dam of Marib
The breaches of the Great Dam of Marib were the recorded failures of the ancient irrigation dam at Maʾrib in Yemen, with the final breach traditionally dated around AD 570.
Building of the church of al-Qullays
The building of the church of al-Qullays, known as al-Qalis, was the sixth-century construction of a grand cathedral in Sanaa by Abraha, the Aksumite general who ruled Yemen.
Campaigns of Karib'il Watar
The campaigns of Karib'il Watar, mukarrib of Saba' (c. 685–650 BC), were eight military campaigns recorded in his Sirwah victory inscription RES 3945, reaching from Awsan to Najran.
Final collapse of the Marib dam
The final collapse of the Marib dam was the last breach of the great irrigation dam at Ma'rib in Yemen, around AD 570, after which the oasis was abandoned.
Himyarite conquest of Hadramawt
The Himyarite conquest of Hadramawt was the annexation of the kingdom of Hadramawt in eastern Yemen by Himyar under King Shammar Yuhar'ish, around 300 CE.
Himyarite conquest of Qataban
The Himyarite conquest of Qataban (مملكة قتبان) was the 2nd-century AD fall of the South Arabian kingdom of Qataban, whose last capital was annexed by Hadramawt.
Himyarite conquest of Saba
The Himyarite conquest of Saba, also called the unification of Saba and Dhu Raydan, was Ḥimyar's takeover of the kingdom of Sabaʾ in ancient South Arabia around 275 CE.
Raid of Radm
The raid of Radm was a war fought in the land of the Radmān tribe by the Sabaean king Sʿds²ms¹ ʾs¹rʿ against Hadhramaut, Qataban, and tribal allies.
Sabaean colonization of the Eritrean highlands
The Sabaean colonization of the Eritrean highlands was a movement of people, script, and cults from South Arabia across the Red Sea in the 8th to 5th centuries BC.
Sasanian conquest of Yemen
The Sasanian conquest of Yemen, also called the Persian conquest of Himyar, was an expedition sent by Khosrow I around 570 that ended Aksumite rule in Yemen.
Shammar Yuhar'ish's expedition to Central Arabia
Shammar Yuhar'ish's expedition to Central Arabia refers to the northern reach of the Himyarite king Shammar Yuhar'ish (شمر يهرعش), who reigned from about 286 to 311 CE.
Siege of Najran (523)
The siege of Najran was the capture and destruction of the Christian community of Najran by the Himyarite king Yusuf As'ar Yath'ar, known as Dhu Nuwas, in 523.
Siege of Sanaa (570)
The Siege of Sanaa (Arabic Ṣanʿāʾ) was the capture of Yemen's Himyarite capital by a Sasanian Persian expedition under the general Vahrēz, traditionally dated c. 570, ending Aksumite rule.
War of Sha'ir Awtar against Himyar
The War of Sha'ir Awtar against Himyar was an early third-century war in South Arabia, modern Yemen, fought by King Sha'ir Awtar of Sabaʾ against the kingdom of Ḥimyar.