The Last Sabaean King: Sha'irum Awtar and the Fall of Saba

In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore the twilight of the Sabaean kingdom through the reign of its last king, Sha'irum Awtar. They discuss his inscriptions at Sirwah, his wars with Himyar and the Ethiopian kingdom of Aksum, the Sabaean reliance on the crumbling Marib Dam, and the mysterious collapse of Saba by the 3rd century AD. The conversation touches on the shift from polytheism to monotheism, the role of the mukarribs, and what the fall of one kingdom meant for Yemen's broader ancient landscape. We also examine the competing narratives from South Arabian inscriptions and classical sources like Pliny and the Periplus of the Erythraean Sea. A deep dive into a lesser-known chapter of pre-Islamic Yemen.

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