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Maʿīn, Yemen: Minaean temple Yemeni soldier standing in the ruins of a Minaean temple near Maʿīn, Al-Jawf, Yemen.

Maʿīn

ancient kingdom, Yemen
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Maʿīn, ancient South Arabian kingdom that flourished in the 4th–2nd century bce in what is now northern Yemen. The Minaeans were a peaceful community of traders whose government showed features of democracy of the city-state pattern. Maʿīn fell to the Sabaeans late in the 2nd century bce.

The Editors of Encyclopaedia BritannicaThis article was most recently revised and updated by Adam Zeidan.