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The Nabataean Kingdom was an ancient Arab state centered at Petra that controlled lucrative trade routes before being annexed by Rome in 106 AD.
The Sabaean Kingdom was an ancient South Arabian kingdom in Yemen, notable for the Marib Dam and its association with the biblical Sheba.
South Arabian fog woodlands, shrublands, and dune is a 19,913 km2 Oman-Yemen ecoregion sustained by Arabian Sea fog in Dhofar and Hadhramaut.
The Himyarite Kingdom was a South Arabian state in Yemen, notable for ruling much of the region and adopting Judaism before Aksumite conquest.
Located in Saudi Arabia and Yemen, the Southwestern Arabian foothills savanna is a notable ecoregion recognized for its endemic frankincense trees and endangered Arabian leopards.
The Lakhmid Kingdom was an Arab client kingdom based at al-Hira in Iraq, notable as a Sasanian ally on the desert frontier before 602.
The Hadhramaut Kingdom was an ancient South Arabian kingdom in eastern Yemen, notable for its frankincense trade and capital at Shabwa.
The Minaean Kingdom was an ancient South Arabian state in Yemen, notable for controlling caravan trade routes carrying incense toward the Mediterranean.
The Qatabanian Kingdom was an ancient South Arabian kingdom in Yemen, notable for its capital Timna and wealth from incense trade routes.
The Kingdom of Hejaz was a Hashemite state in western Arabia from 1916 to 1925, founded by Hussein bin Ali during the Arab Revolt.
Hottentotta jayakari, described by Pocock in 1895, is a desert scorpion species belonging to the Buthidae family and native to the Arabian Peninsula region.
The Kindah Kingdom was an Arab tribal kingdom in central Arabia, notable in late antiquity for uniting tribes through alliances and client rule.
The Kingdom of Lihyan was an ancient North Arabian realm in modern-day Saudi Arabia that controlled the oasis of Dedan around the 5th century BCE.
The Mutawakkilite Kingdom of Yemen was North Yemen's Zaydi monarchy from 1918 until the 1962 revolution and royalist defeat in 1970.
