A month in the land of Sheba Queen. A tour of the charming Yemen

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The land of the Queen of Sheba John

Yemen, located south of the Arabian Peninsula and inhabited by ancient times, travel in this country is an unforgettable experience, know how his people "The kindest-hearted men," the words of Mohammed.
Land of the chewing of qat is divided into 3 parts:
the Red Sea coast to the west, called the Tihama,, the central highlands and the arid desert of northern and eastern Europe.
The Tihama's climate is very hot in summer, with monsoon rainfall between July to September and March-April; temperate central highlands, with elevations from 1500 to 3500 meters, the desert areas east and north are hot and dry, unlike of Tihama which has high humidity. L 'Suqutra Island, the largest of the Republic of Yemen, has temperatures that never go to maximum or minimum levels, but a pleasant and constant temperature, frequently beaten by the wind during monsoon reaches a strength of a hurricane.
This part of the Arabian Peninsula, was originally developed around the first millennium BC, there flourished the trade of 'incense, in this land it was rich,
captured this fragrance routes and distant markets, under the supervision of the Sabians.
Later the power of the Sabians began in the east and then extended to 'current Yemen, declined giving way to new realms, including the most important was to Himyar in the third century. DC, was later invaded by many people from the 'Iran, Ethiopia, Egypt, but nobody could ever take the country completely.
'S only significant proportions of invasion was the arrival of' Islam, the religion which many Yemenis joined to form after other religious groups, away from the current Sunni. Seat. on other foreign powers invaded these lands to the domination of the Red Sea coast, as Egyptian and Portuguese, but since the nineteenth century. come on this earth southern British, who occupied Aden became their protectorate until 1967. In 1962 the death of 'Iman founded the Arab Republic of Yemen, forces loyal to' Iman 's support of Great Britain and Saudi Arabia fought against Republicans backed by Egypt and Russia ..
In 1967 the British withdrew from Aden and formed the People's Republic of South Yemen, the only Arab Marxist state, called the Democratic People's Republic of Yemen in 1970. The Unified Republic of Yemen was formed in 1990 and the constitution was promulgated 's next year, but despite this the civil war raged until the new reunification under President Saleh.