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In 1320 BC Shalmaneser I, began ruling
Assyria. He subjugated many tribes and
brought them within the political sway
of Assyria. His records have him as
having marched against the land of
Musri (i.e. Arabia Musri or Mizraim also
known as Arabia Egypt), in Northern
Arabia. This is a clear reference to a
polity in Arabia that shared certain deep
connections with Egypt in Africa.
Assurbanipal, a King of ancient Assyria,
also repeatedly spoke of his various
successful expeditions into and
conquests in the lands of Musri, Magan,
Meluhha, and Kush in Arabia. This is
another very important reference
source on the existence of a Kushitic
political establishment in ancient
Arabia.
About 1120-1110 B.C. Tiglath-pileser I,
became King of Assyria in place of his
father Asshur-resh-ishi. Tiglath-pileser
also recorded his exploits against the
Musri or Mizraim of ancient Arabia. See
“A Brief Overview Of Assyrian History
From Early Beginnings To Sargon II” by
Lishtar: Gateway
However one sees it, the ancient African
Arabian connection cannot be escaped.
In those days, it was the Black Africans
that set the initiate and determined the
agenda. Their colonization of Arabia is
obvious from the fact that they knew to
name those settlements in Arabia after
the names of the African regions from
where they originated.

Important Kingdoms of Arabia
The two most important kingdoms of
ancient Arabia were that of the Mineans
and that of the Sabeans. An African
Kushitic branch of people who migrated
from Ethiopia established those two
principalities and many others which
we shall presently consider.
Minean
The Minean Kingdom seems to have
flourished in southern Arabia as early as
1200 B.C., and from the various Minean
inscriptions found in northern Arabia
they seem to have extended their power
even to the north of the peninsula. Their
principal cities were Main, Karnan, and
Yatil. The Sabeans, after two centuries of
repeated and persistent attacks,
succeeded in overthrowing the rival
Minean Kingdom and thence became the
central power in Arabia.

Sheba/Saba
The memories of the Queen of Saba
retain some of the greatest national
legends and inspirational themes of the
modern Ethiopian state.

The Queen of Sheba was
actually a real historical queen
of Ethiopia known as Makeda.
She was the founder of the last
Ethiopian dynasty, which began with
Menelik the First and ended with
Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia in
1974. Her dynasty lasted for more than
three thousand years and her name is
etched in gemstones in Ethiopia.