Ancient oasis settlement of economic significance in western central Arabia on the Incense Road. The Babylonian king Nabonidus set out from Tayma c. 550 BC on campaigns in the course of which he also conquered Y. Y. is mentioned in 3rd-cent. BC name lists in the Minaean capital Qarnāwu (Minaei). From the 1st century AD until the advent of Islam, there w…
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Müller, Walter W. (Marburg/Lahn) and
Schönig, Hanne (Halle/Saale),
“Yaṯrib”, in:
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