Ramlat es-Sayhad
Ramlat es-Sayhad (also: Ramlat as-Sabʿatayn ; Arabic رملة السبعتين, DMG Ramlat as-Sabʿatain ) is a desert region in the northern part of Central Yemen . The desert extends from Ma'rib in the west to Hadramaut in the east (present-day Yemen). North of Ramlat es-Sayhad is the Rub al-Chali , the largest sandy desert on earth.
The transition zones from the mountains are steppe areas with acacias and thorn bushes, which provide ideal living conditions for dromedaries . Thanks to their relatively simple domestication and the ability to be trained to transport animals, these helped the Sabaeans to achieve sustainable growth . Dromedaries are still an important part of Yemeni culture today. In the desert itself, due to the extraordinary temperatures of up to 50 ° C and the constant lack of water, there is hardly any vegetation other than shrubs.
The area also includes the historical area of the Sayhad culture of old South Arabia , i.e. western Oman and the extreme south of Saudi Arabia from the founding of the empires Saba , Ausan , Qataban and Hadramaut at the beginning of the 1st millennium BC. Until the spread of Islam from 632 AD
Individual evidence
- ↑ James Dickins, Sándor GJ Hervey, Ian Higgins: Thinking Arabic translation: a course in translation method: Arabic to English p. 209 ( Google Book Search ).
- ^ Klaus Schippmann: Ancient South Arabia: from the Queen of Sheba to the advent of Islam p. 7 ( Google book search ).
Coordinates: 15 ° 27 ′ 58.7 ″ N , 46 ° 22 ′ 4 ″ E