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[QUOTE]Originally posted by alTakruri: [QB] Credible scholarship calls for precision. The point isn't that Makeda and Bilqis refer to the same person, we know that. But when we speak of Abyssinian traditions about her we must use Makeda. When it's Arabian folklore under examination Bilqis is the one. And for the last time Sheba is not and never has been the name of the Queen of Sheba any more than England has been the name of any queen of England. [QUOTE]Originally posted by Doug M: [qb] [QUOTE]Originally posted by alTakruri: [qb] Can we get it right after just explaining it even? Makeda is a person. Seba is a kingdom. There can be no "tomb of Makeda/Seba." Yeminis don't claim Makeda. They claim Bilqis. Precise nomenclature requires precise citation. It shows one is truly familiar with the source material that is otherwise carelessly bandied about. And once again, Sheba is not Saba is not Seba. They are three different kingdoms. There are both cultural similarities and differences on either side of the Bab el Mandel. Then pick either shore, and still minute cultural differences delineate the general shared culture such that we can see distinct polities. Cross fertilization is the key here. One thing for sure. The Arabs are quite sure that the first populations of the peninsula were not the people who for the most part inhabit it today. The Sabaeans were not today's Mustaribes. It's unneccessary to try to drive the kind of rift between the Two Shores empire of antiquity that exists today between Arabs and Africans. That kind of anachronism only compounds confusion in positing defensive ethnically biased theories. [/qb][/QUOTE]Unfortunately in most popular literature, Bilqis/Makeda/Sheba are considered as references to the same person. I have never seen any of these sources make any distinction of any sort between the three. But I appreciate the clarification. The issue for me about this has always been one of legends and myths springing up around the Queeens of Africa and South arabia and being used and abused by various peoples at various times for different reasons. Remember the whole lost city of Sheba in West Africa thread? So, suffice to say, it is that legacy that I speak of when I say the whole story has been "appropriated" by various groups for various reasons, with historical facts being of least importance. [/qb][/QUOTE] [/QB][/QUOTE]
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