Queen of Sheba
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For other uses, see Queen of Sheba (disambiguation).
The Queen of Sheba[lower-alpha 1], named Makeda[lower-alpha 2] in 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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מַלְכַּת שְׁבָא | |
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Religion | Religion of Solomon |
Nationality | Sheba |
Other names | Makeda |
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Modern historians identify Sheba with the South Arabian kingdom of Saba in present-day Yemen and Ethiopia. The queen's existence is disputed among historians.[4]