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To: Berry Picker who wrote (28329)	12/4/1999 7:10:00 PM
From: Elmer Flugum	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 39621

Arabia was the original home of a number of Semitic tribes who after years of wandering settled in the Fertile Crescent to the north of the peninsula. There they developed some of the earliest civilizations. The southwestern part of Arabia also contained advanced kingdoms. The Minaean flourished in about 1200 BC. Other notable kingdoms were Himyarite and Sabean, or Sheba, whose queen is reputed to have visited Solomon. (See also Babylonia and Assyria ; Mesopotamia ; Phoenicians ; Solomon .) Palestine was settled by Semitic tribes at a very early date. It was then called Canaan. Canaanite tribes controlled the area for more than 1,000 years. In about 1500 BC Hebrew, or Jewish, tribes began to enter the area. They later came into conflict with a people of Greek origin known as the Philistines. It is from them that the term Palestine is derived. The Hebrew tribes ultimately defeated the Philistines and established a monarchy in about 1000 BC known as the kingdom of Israel. Those that speak the language of Shem.