Qataban

c. 1000 BCE – c. 150 CE · about 1150 years approximate dates

Qataban was an ancient Yemeni kingdom in South Arabia with its capital at Timna. It was one of the six ancient South Arabian kingdoms, with Saba, Ma'in, Hadramawt, Himyar and Awsan. It existed from the early 1st millennium BCE to the late 1st or 2nd century CE, when Himyar succeeded it.