Abstract:In the first half of the first millennium BC (800-700 BC), a kingdom known as “Damat” flourished in Abyssinia (Northern Ethiopia, Southern Eritrea), recorded in inscriptions. The archaeological evidence from this kingdom reveals the great influence of a number of developed contemporary polities in Southern Arabia, known as the “Southern Arabian Kingdoms” or the “ancient Yemenite Kingdoms”. The dominance of these Kingdoms was due to their strategic location and the availability of natural resources, which playe… Show more
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