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Ancient Yemeni History
In Ancient Yemen we had multiple kingdoms such as Saba, Ma'in, Qataban, Awsan, Hadhramaut, Himyar along with many city states to the north of Saba such as Amir, Nashan, Kaminahu, Haram and Innaba.

In the 8th Century BC Yemen was divided with South Arabia being primarily divided by Hadhramaut Situated at Wadi Irma and Wadi Hadhramaut, Awsan in Wadi Markha, Qataban in Wadi Bayhan and Saba in Wadi Dhana. Wadi Jawf north to Saba has been split across many smaller countries. Sabaeans also have a degree in control in some parts of Jawf.

During this time there was 4 known major languages such as Madhabian spoken by the Minaeans, Qatabanian spoken by Qataban and Hadhramautic in Hadhramaut.

The Early Sabaean rulers held the title of Mukarrib which meant federator. Mukarribs made their important decisions with councils.The Mukarrib is in charge of rallying people and is a very important title. Many South Arabian Kingdoms competed for this title in an effort to gain honour, this title was handed over to the Qatabanites after their rise to power. Each Sabaean City would be goverened by a leader(s) appointed by local chiefs or among the government of Saba, from this we can conclude that Saba is more of a confederation and wasn't very centralized.

The Sabaeans had a strong rival, Awsan which was centered at Wadi Markha and had their capital at Hayar Yahir. Awsan expanded South East possibly extending as far as to the shores of the Gulf of Aden. Caravans going from Shabwa made their way across the Wadi Markha, making this valley a strategic place to control which the Sabaeans sought for. Sabaeans also had another rival, Nashan to the northwest which was slowly bringing other city states of Wadi Jawf to its control. Jawf was also vital for trade and this could easily make Nashan compete with the Sabaeans.

Karibil Watar, a Sabaean leader would take matters to his own hands. He would launch a campaign against Awsan sending an incursion in Hujariyya, south of Taizz. 3000 killed and 8000 capture would be claimed by Karibil Watar from this attack. He would then follow up to this, launching an attack into Wadi Markha which resulted into the destruction of multiple cities and agricultural areas being destroyed, the Palace of the Awsan Government would not escape from this wrath. Despite this damage Awsan would continue to live on and Karibil Watar would continue with more attacks

On the 3rd Campaign Karibil Watar would attack deeper into Awsan including Dahas which is modern day Yafa'a and Wadi Tuban. 5000 people were captured as a result of this. Another Campaign would be led in this same region bringing another 15000 prisoners.

After destroying Awsan Karibil Watar would set his eyes on Nashan, attacking into Wadi Jawf expect for Kaminahu and Haram which stood out of this war. He would start with first destroy Yathil and reached the city of Nashan, starving it out before it succumbed after 3 years and fell under the hands of Karibil Watar. Karibil would destroy much of the city, annexing the city, forcing the inhabitants to worship Sabaean deities and made the King of Nashan, Sumhuyafa to build a temple for Almaqah. Karibil Watar would subdue some opponets in the Tihama and on his last campaign would destroy tribes living near Najran killing 5000 and imprisoning 12000. (Arabia Felix from the time of Sheba)