Episode 1: Arabia Felix

Once known to the Romans as Arabia Felix – Blessed Arabia – The lands of present-day Yemen were famed for their wealth, incense, and prosperity. In our very first episode, we journey back to kingdoms such as Saba, Himyar and Qataban, which dominated the incense routes that fed markets across the ancient world. This episode explores the rise and legacy of South Arabia’s forgotten civilizations in a land once celebrated as a paradise, but now struggling with violence and poverty.

Sources used:

Pierre Schneider – Fauces Rubri maris: The Greco-Roman Bab al-Mandab 

Christian Julien Robin – Epigraphic Evidence for the Kingdoms of South Arabania

Mohammed Maraqten – The Pilgrimage to the Awam Temple

Wendell Phillips – Qataban and Sheba: Exploring the Ancient Kingdoms on the Biblical Spice Routes of Arabia

Alessandra Avanzini – By Land and by Sea. A History of South Arabia before Islam recounted from Inscriptions

Robert G. Hoyland – Arabia and the Arabs. From the Bronze Age to the coming of Islam

Tim Mackintosh-Smith – Arabs, A 3000-year History of Peoples, Tribes, and Empires

Music (in Chronological order):

Clavier Music – Moon Rain (Theme Song)

Alon Ohana – Taxim 2

Yotam Agam – Nomadic Conqueror

George Frederic Handel – The Arrival of the Queen of Sheba (performed by the Advent Chamber Orchestra)

Angel Salazar – Chauen

Nadaz – The Endless Nave

Rhythm Scott – Deep Dark Jungle

Alon Ohana – Ceremonies

Dov Carmel – Lecha Dodi

Sound Effects:

Found here!