Himyarite Kingdom

The Himyarite Kingdom or Himyar (in Arabic مملكة حِمْيَر mamlakat ħimyâr), anciently called Homerite Kingdom by the Greeks and the Romans, was a state in ancient Yemen dating from 110 BC taking the modern day city of Sanaa as its capital after the ancient city of Zafar. It conquered neighbouring Saba (Sheba) in c.25 BC, Qataban in c.200 AD and Hadramaut c.300. Its political fortunes relative to Saba changed frequently until it finally conquered the Sabaean Kingdom around 280 AD.^[1]