Queen of Sheba

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Queen of Sheba
ملكة سبأ (Arabic) ንግስተ ሳባ‎ (Ge'ez) מַלְכַּת שְׁבָא‎ (Hebrew)
Queen of Sheba (1907) by Edward Slocombe
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Religion	Religion of Solomon
Nationality	Sheba
Other names	Makeda

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The Queen of Sheba,^[a] known as Bilqis^[b] in Yemeni and Islamic tradition and as Makeda^[c] 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 and Ethiopian elaborations,^[1][2] and it has become the subject of one of the most widespread and fertile cycles of legends in Asia and Africa.^[3]

Modern historians and archaeologists identify Sheba as the ancient South Arabian kingdom of Saba that existed in modern-day Yemen, although no trace of the queen herself has been found.^[4][5] The Queen's existence is disputed among some historians.^[6]

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