Sons of Noah — This T and O map, which abstracts that society s known world to a cross inscribed within an orb, remakes geography in the service of Christian iconography and identifies the three known continents as populated by descendants of Shem (Sem), Ham… … Wikipedia
Hadhramaut — Hadhramaut, Hadhramout or Hadramawt ( ar. حضرموت [Unicode|Ḥaḍramawt] ) is a historical region of the south Arabian Peninsula along the Gulf of Aden in the Arabian Sea, extending eastwards from Yemen (proper) to the Dhofar region of Oman. The name … Wikipedia
Queen of Sheba — For the Charles Gounod opera, see La reine de Saba. The Queen of Shebah (Hebrew: מלכת שבא, Malkat Sh vha in Biblical Hebrew; Malkat Sh va in Modern Hebrew; Ge ez: ንግሥተ ሳባ, Nigiste Saba (Nəgəstä Saba); Arabic: ملكة سبأ … Wikipedia
Tarim, Yemen — Tarim [Unicode|tarīm] ( ar. تريم) is a historic town situated in the Hadhramaut Valley of eastern Yemen. Tarim is widely acknowledged as the theological, juridical, and academic center of the Hadhramaut Valley. An important locus of Islamic… … Wikipedia
List of Biblical names — This is a list of names from the Bible, mainly taken from the 19th century public domain resource: : Hitchcock s New and Complete Analysis of the Holy Bible by Roswell D. Hitchcock, New York: A. J. Johnson, 1874, c1869.Each name is given with its … Wikipedia
Children of Eber — The Sons of Eber or Bnei Ever (בני עבר) a synonym for the earliest cultural Hebrews, are first mentioned in the Hebrew Bible in Genesis 10:21 (text). In orthodox circles the term is understood to refer to the wider family of Hebrew peoples from… … Wikipedia
Joktan — or Yoktan (Hebrew: יָקְטָן, Modern Yoqtan Tiberian Yoqṭān Arabic: قحطان ; literally, little ) was the second of the two sons of Eber (Gen. 10:25; 1 Chr. 1:19) mentioned in the Hebrew Bible. His name means small or smallness . In… … Wikipedia
Uzal — in the Hebrew Bible, descendant of Joktan whose clan supposedly settled in Saudi Arabia. He was believed to be the founder of an Arabian tribe.: Joktan became the father of Almodad and Sheleph and Hazarmaveth and Jerah and Hadoram and Uzal and… … Wikipedia
Arabia — • The cradle of Islam and, in all probability, the primitive home of the Semitic race Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Arabia Arabia … Catholic encyclopedia
Descendants of Adam and Eve — Adam (Hebrew: אָדָם, ʼĀḏām, dust; man; mankind ; Arabic: آدم, ʼĀdam) and Eve (Hebrew: חַוָּה, Ḥawwā, living one ; Arabic: حواء, Ḥawwāʼ) were, according to the Book of Genesis of the Bible, the first man and woman created b … Wikipedia
