YEMEN WEBDATE

YEMEN HISTORY

Welcome to your on-line guide to the history of Yemen.

This page provides links to websites and online articles dealing with the history and archaeology of Yemen.

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Last Update 2/05

GENERAL SURVEYS

The History of Yemen http://yemeni.virtualave.net/ymn/yh.html

Yemenite Virtual Museum http://www.geocities.com/baja/dunes/3147/introduction.htm

"Art rupestre préhistorique au Yémen: Nouvelles ouvertures" Michel-Alain Garcia, Chroniques Yéménites (1997) http://cy.revues.org/document.html?id=66

" Les sépultures rupestres du gouvernorat d'al-Mahwit " Nathalie Chevalier et Michel-Alain Garcia, Chroniques Yéménites (1997) http://cy.revues.org/document.html?id=83

Yemeni Megaliths [Archaeology, 1997) http://www.archaeology.org/online/news/yemen.html

• AGRICULTURE AND IRRIGATION

 

Mareb Dam: Historical Background http://www.yementimes.com/98/iss52/lastpage.htm#1

 

Oriental Institute Archaeological and Environmental Investigation of Yemeni Agriculture

http://www-oi.uchicago.edu/OI/PROJ/YEM/Yemen.html

"Roots of Agriculture in Southern Arabia." [Joy McCorriston] http://www.aiys.org/projects/agriculture.html

"Le wâdî /Durâ' : un modèle d'irrigation antique ?" Jean-François Breton et Jean-Claude Roux, Chroniques Yéménites (2002) http://cy.revues.org/document.html?id=128

• ARCHAEOLOGY

 

"Antiquities in the Aden Protectorate, 1935-40." [Julian Lush] http://www.al-bab.com/bys/articles/lush98.htm

 

Archaeological and Environmental Survey of the Dhamar Region (Tony Wilkinson and McGuire Gibson) http://www.aiys.org/projects/dhamar.html

 

"Archaeological Exploration of the Mahra Region." [Juris Zarins and George Hedges] http://www.aiys.org/projects/mahra.html

 

"Archaeological Research in Yemen." [C. Phillips] http://www.al-bab.com/bys/articles/phillips96.htm

 

"Archaeological Work at the Mahram Bilqis, Ma'rib." [Merilyn Phillips Hodgson, William Glanzman] http://www.aiys.org/projects/marib.html

 

"Excavations at Jujah-Shibam,Wadi Hadhramaut - 1994-1995." [Donald Hanson] http://www.aiys.org/projects/jujah.html

"The First Campaign at Hajar am-Dhaybiyyah." [David Warburton] Yemen Update 33 (1993:19,47)

"In the Wadi Markha with Jean-François Breton." [David Warburton] Yemen Update 30/31 (1992:26,35)

"The Soviet-Yemeni Mission in South Arabia: Nine Years of Fruitful Research." [A. Knysh] Yemen Update 33 (1993: 12-14)

"The Thrill of the Dig." [J. McCorriston] http://www.umn.edu/urelate/kiosk/6.96text/JoyM.html

• ART AND ARCHITECTURE

"Bronzes in Ancient South Arabia." [David Warburton] Yemen Update 37 (1995: 25,47)

A South Arabian alabaster stele, found near Heid bin 'Aqil, the cemetery of Timna', c. 1st Century B.C./ 1st Century A.D., with a Qatabanian inscription on the plinth, c. 25 cm x 13 cm.. http://www.lowendahl.com/p390.htm

South Arabian Sculpture (Detroit Institute of Arts) http://www.dia.org/collections/ancient/sarabiansculpture/southarabiansculpture.html

• GENERAL HISTORY AND CULTURE

 

"La chronologie du royaume de Qatabân du Ier siècle avant J.-C. au Ier siècle après J.-C." [Mounir Arbach] Chroniques Yéménites (2002) http://cy.revues.org/document.html?id=135

 

Queen of Sheba http://www.queenofsheba.info/

 

"Women in Ancient Yemen" [David Warburton] Yemen Update 36 (1995:23,33)

 

• LANGUAGE

"The Inscriptions from Bilqis (Yemen) according to Dr. Jamme in 1962" http://www.viewzone.com/negev_Jamme.html

"The Northern Origins of Old South Arabic Literacy" [George E. Mendenhall] Yemen Update 33 (1993: 15-19)

Sabaean Inscriptions http://www-swiss.ai.mit.edu/~adler/LABYRINTHS/labyrinths2.html

• RELIGION

"Monothéisme en Arabie du Sud préislamique" [Iwona Gajda] Chroniques Yéménites (2002) http://cy.revues.org/document.html?id=132

• AGRICULTURE AND IRRIGATION

 

Coffee and Coffeehouses: The Origins of a Social Beverage in the Medieval Near East (Ralph S. Hattox) http://www.hoboes.com/html/Politics/Prohibition/Notes/Coffee.html

 

• ARCHAEOLOGY

 "Fouilles Archeologiques a Al-Shihr." [C. Hardy-Guilbert]

 "Sherds in the Souk." [David Warburton] Yemen Update 33 (1993):21,41

"Wrong Turn at a Date Palm Yields Fascinating Archaeological Find for ROM Archaeologist (1997)." [Ed Keall] http://www.rom.on.ca/news/keall.html

 "The Zabid Project." (Ed Keall) http://www.aiys.org/projects/zabid.html

 

• ART AND ARCHITECTURE

 

"The 'Amiriya in Rada: The restoration of a sixteenth-century madrasa in the Yemen." [Selma al-Radi] http://www.aiys.org/amiriya/

 "MOSQUÉE DE KHAW - MISSION DE SAUVETAGE DU PLAFOND." [MARYLENE BARRET]

"RELEVÉ ÉPIGRAPHIQUE ET ARCHITECTURAL DE LA MOSQUÉE D'AL-HASAN À DHÛRÂN." [Bruce Paluck, Raya Saggar]

Rasulid Bottle http://www.dia.org/collections/ancient/islamicart/30.416.html

• ASTRONOMY

 

"Catalogue of Medieval Astronomical Instruments." [David King] Yemen Update 30/31 (1992:15,35)

 

• COINS

"A Guide to the Bibliography of Yemeni Coinage." [Michael Bates] Yemen Update 40 (1998:14-16)

 

Rasulid Coin (Muzaffar) http://www.grifterrec.com/coins/islam/i_islam_rasulid_o.jpg

 

• GENERAL HISTORY

 

"Chronologie du Yémen (1045-1131/1635-1719)" [ Tomislav Klaric] Chroniques Yéménites (2001) http://cy.revues.org/document.html?id=36

 

" "The Holy Men of Medieval Tihâma." [Francine Stone] Yemen Update 40 (1998:9-13)

"Nur al-Din et al-Muzaffar : la construction de l'Etat rasoulide au Yémen" [Muhammad 'Abd al-Rahîm Jâzim et Brigitte Marino] Chroniques Yéménites (1997) http://cy.revues.org/document.html?id=104

 

"L'organisation des caravanes au Yémen selon al-Hamdânî (Xe siècle)" [Muhammad `Abd al-Rahîm Jâzim et Bernadette Leclercq-Neveu] Chroniques Yéménites (2001) http://cy.revues.org/document.html?id=32

Yemen: Rulers and Leaders http://members.aol.com/yalnet/leaders.htm 

 

• MANUSCRIPT SOURCES

"LES MANUSCRITS DES BIBLIOTHEQUES PRIVEES DU YEMEN." [GENEVIEVE SIMON]

"Nûr al maarif fî qawanîne al ahd al mudhafarî al wârif " [Muhammad Jazm]

 

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• ELECTIONS

"Campaign Politics and Coalition Building: the 1993 Parliamentary Elections." [Sheila Carapico] Yemen Update 33 (1993: 37-39)

"Elections and mass politics in Yemen." [Sheila Carapico] Middle East Report (Nov-Dec). http://www.al-bab.com/yemen/pol/scarap.htm

Emerging Democracies Forum: Managing the Twin Transitions http://www.ndi.org/EDF/transcripts/opening/1.html

"Expérimentation démocratique au Yémen." [Franck Mermier] LE MONDE DIPLOMATIQUE http://www.monde-diplomatique.fr//1997/04/MERMIER/8097.html

 

• GENERAL POLITICAL HISTORY (20TH-21ST CENTURIES)

 

"Authoritarian rule in a plural society: the Republic of Yemen "[Omar Daair] http://www.al-bab.com/yemen/pol/daair1.htm

 

The British withdrawal from Aden." [Oliver Miles] The British-Yemeni Society Journal http://www.al-bab.com/bys/articles/miles.htm

 

"Chronologie du Yémen contemporain (1904-1970)" [ Chronologie du Yémen contemporain (1904-1970) [Marie Camberlin et Ségolène Samouiller] Chroniques Yéménites (2001) http://cy.revues.org/document.html?id=67

 

Chronology of Kidnappings in Yemen  1993-2000 http://www.realworldrescue.com/yemen.htm

 

Contemporary Conflicts: Eritrea-Yemen http://www.icrc.org/icrcnews/yemen.htm

The Modern History of Yemen (General Peoples Congress) http://www.gpc.org.ye/History2.htm

"National Security and the Internet in the Persian Gulf Region: Yemen." [Grey E. Burkhart , March 1988] http://www.georgetown.edu/research/arabtech/pgi98-11.html

"Le Yémen dans les années 80 : entre crises et développement " [Paul Dresch] Chroniques Yéménites (2002) http://cy.revues.org/document.html?id=129

"Yémen : politiques législatives et mutations de la culture juridique" Bernard Botiveau , Chroniques Yéménites (1997) http://cy.revues.org/document.html?id=105

"Yemen: state weakness and society alienation." Yemen Gateway [A. A. Saif] http://www.al-bab.com/yemen/pol/saifstate.htm

• MILITARY HISTORY

 

A Politico-Military Analysis of Why Sanaa Won the War. How the War was Won! [ 'Abd al- 'Aziz al-Saqqaf] Yemen Update 35 (1994:12-13)

Medals of the Republic of Yemen [E.S. Haynes] http://haynese.winthrop.edu/medals/yemen.html

• RESOURCES

 

Yemen News and Politics (Abdullah Alfakih) http://lynx.dac.neu.edu/a/aalfaqih/yemp.html

 

Yemeni Politics (Yemen Gateway) http://www.al-bab.com/pol/pol.htm

 

Yemen (Republic of) Thematic Reports (UN) http://www.hri.ca/fortherecord1998/vol3/yementr.htm

 

• UNIFICATION

"The establishment of northern hegemony in the process of Yemeni unification." [M. Welton] http://www.al-bab.com/yemen/unity/mw0.htm

"National unity and democracy in Yemen: a marriage of inconvenience." [B. Whittaker] Yemen Gateway. http://www.al-bab.com/yemen/artic/bw1.htm

"The politics of survival and the structure of control in the unified Yemen 1990-97." [A. A. Saif] Yemen Gateway. http://www.al-bab.com/yemen/unity/saif1.htm