Timeline of Yemen history

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Ancient history

Islamic period

Modern history

1000 BC - The reign of the legendary Sabaean queen Bilqis, commonly known as the Queen of Sheba, who met Solomon, king of Israel.
8th century BCE - Founding of the Ma'in(also spelled Ma'een) kingdom ^{[citation needed]}, of the Kingdom of Awsan (also spelled Ausan), and of the Sabaean kingdom (also spelled Saba') at their first capital Sirwah.^{[citation needed]}
719 BC - The temple of Marib is built.^{[citation needed]}
718 BC - War between the Sabaeans and the Mineans.^{[citation needed]}
716 BC - Marib becomes the capital city of the Sabaean Kingdom.^{[citation needed]}
715 BC - Diplomatic relations with the Assyrians are first documented.
715 BC - The |Dam of Marib is completed under the Sabaean rulers Sumhu`alay Yanuf and his son Yatha`amar Bayyin.
before 700 BC - Foundation of the Qataban Kingdom with their capital Timna. They were at first allied with the Sabaeans.
c.675 BC - As a result of a series of military campaigns led by Karaba'il Watar bin Dhamar`alay (and documented by the Sabaic inscription R 3945) the Sabaean Kingdom re-establishes and expands its hegemony in South Arabia.
450 BC - Qataban, Minaeans, and Hadramaut allied against the Sabaeans, eventually they gained their independence.
450 BC - The Dam of Marib broke for the second time, but was fixed later.
c.110 BC - The rising of Himyar against Qataban.
25 BC - First foreign invasion attempt, lead by the Roman governor of Egypt, Aelius Gallus, failed. One of the reasons was the shortage of water.
200 - Second foreign invasion attempt, lead by GDRT of Aksum. Aksumite involvement and control of Tihama throughout 3rd century.
260 - Himayar conquers Saba
525 - Yemen is invaded and taken by the Aksumite Kingdom due to the persecution of Aksumite Christians.
570 - The Dam of Marib broke for the third and final time, triggering a large immigration of Yemeni tribes. The Qur'an itself refers to the collapse of the Marib Dam as a punishment on the Sabaeans for their ungratefulness to God.
570 - Under Khosrau I, Persian forces expel the Aksumites with the help of Dhu Yazin. Persians later assassinate Dhu Yazin and try to establish their rule over all Yemen. But they fail and a number of autonomous kingdoms are established.^{[citation needed]}
630 - Islamic Caliphate expands into Yemen, which becomes one of its provinces.
897 - Yemen separates from the Abbasid caliphate and the Zaidi dynasty rules Yemen. First from Sada, then from Sanaa.
1173 - Yemen falls under the influence of the Egyptian Ayyubid.
1229 - The Rasuliden dynasty rules Yemen until 1453.
1517 - Ottomans absorb part of Yemen into their empire, mainly Aden and Lahij. Sanaa and the rest of Yemen contniued to be ruled by the Zaidi dyasty.
1635 - The Ottomans are expelled from Yemen.
1839 - Aden comes under British rule and serves as a major refuelling port when the Suez Canal opens in 1869.
1872 - Ottomans occupy the north of Yemen, but later face revolt.
1918 - Ottoman empire dissolves, North Yemen gains independence and is ruled by Imam Yahya.
1948 - Yahya assassinated, but his son Ahmad beats off opponents of feudal rule and succeeds his father.
1962 - Imam Ahmad dies, succeeded by his son but army officers seize power, set up the Yemen Arab Republic (YAR), sparking civil war between royalists supported by Saudi Arabia and republicans backed by Egypt.