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Queen of Sheba
Biblical figure / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Queen of Sheba,[lower-alpha 1] also called Bilqis[lower-alpha 2] (Yemeni and Islamic tradition) and Makeda[lower-alpha 3] (Ethiopian tradition), is a figure first mentioned in the Hebrew Bible. In the original story, she brings a caravan of valuable gifts for the Israelite King Solomon. This account has undergone extensive Jewish, Islamic, Yemenite[1][2] and Ethiopian elaborations, and it has become the subject of one of the most widespread and fertile cycles of legends in Asia and Africa.[3]
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Religion | Religion of Solomon |
Nationality | Sheba |
Other names | Makeda |
Modern historians and archaeologists identify Sheba as the ancient South Arabian kingdom of Saba' that existed in modern-day Yemen, although no trace of the queen herself has been found.[4][5] The queen's existence is disputed among some historians.[6]