Hierarchy classification:

1. top of the aat hierarchies
2. Styles and Periods Facet
3. Styles and Periods (hierarchy name)
4. [styles, periods, and cultures by region]
5. Early Western World
6. Near Eastern (Early Western World)
7. Arabian (culture)

Anotations

Scope note:

Describes the period, style, or culture of Maʿīn, an ancient kingdom of southern Arabia from the 4th to the 2nd century BCE. This was primarily a trading culture that monopolized trade routes and may be associated with the ʿĀmir people to the north of the Minaean capital of Qarnaw (now Maʿīn), which is at the eastern end of the Wadi Al-Jawf and on the western border of the Ṣayhad sands. The Minaeans had a second site surrounded by still extant walls at Yathill, south of Qarnaw, and trading places at Dedān and in the Qatabānian and Hadramite capitals.