Qataban
Kingdom of Qataban Qatabanian: 𐩤𐩩𐩨𐩬 | |||||||||
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| Early 1st millennium BCE–Late 1st or late 2nd century CE | |||||||||
Qatabān in 100 BCE | |||||||||
| Capital | Timna | ||||||||
| Common languages | Qatabanian | ||||||||
| Religion | South Arabian polytheism | ||||||||
| Demonym(s) | Qatabanian | ||||||||
| Government | Kingdom | ||||||||
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• Established | Early 1st millennium BCE | ||||||||
• Disestablished | Late 1st or late 2nd century CE | ||||||||
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| Today part of | Yemen | ||||||||
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Qataban (Qatabanian: 𐩤𐩩𐩨𐩬, romanized: QTBN, lit. 'Qatabān') was an ancient Yemenite kingdom in South Arabia that existed from the early 1st millennium BCE to the late 1st or 2nd centuries CE.
It was one of the six ancient South Arabian kingdoms of ancient Yemen, along with Sabaʾ, Maʿīn, Ḥaḍramawt, Ḥimyar and Awsān.