Maʿīn

Maʿīn

▪ ancient kingdom, Yemen
      ancient South Arabian kingdom that flourished in the 4th–2nd century BC in what is now northern Yemen. The Minaeans were a peaceful community of traders whose government showed features of democracy of the city-state pattern. Maʿīn fell to the Sabaeans late in the 2nd century BC.

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Universalium. 2010.

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