IKumkanikazi kaSaba

Xa ukumkanikazi waseShebha wadibana noKumkani uSolomon ukuqinisekisa ngokhuseleko kwezorhwebo kwiPerfume Routes, ngenkulungwane ye-10 BC, eBalkis, ukumkanikazi waseShebha walungiselela intlanganiso noSolomon, ukumkani wamaHebhere.

Ubukumkani baseShebha (“Saba” buthetha “imfihlelo”) babumazantsi eCrescent eFertile. Uqoqosho lwayo lwalusekwe ikakhulu kulimo lwemore kunye nentlaka yokuqhumisa kubaxhasi bayo abaphambili: i-Egypt.

Intlaka yokuqhumisa yintlaka ekhishwe kwi-boswellia carterii kunye ne-boswellia serrata.

Le mithi yayingcwele kwaye ikhuselwe ziinyoka, iidragons eziphaphazelayo kwaye zazisembindini wamabali amaninzi ajolise ekukhuseleni le resin imangalisayo ethi, ukubaleka kumthi owenzakeleyo, yanika umbono wokulila iinyembezi ezimhlophe.
Amehlo abantu anokuzonakalisa iziqhumiso; Ngenxa yoko, kuphela ziintsapho ezingama-3000 ezazilima ezazinokuyibukela, ilungelo elinikezwe ngutata kunyana wakhe.
Iinqwelo ezinde zeenkamela zathwala isiqhumiso ukusuka kubukumkani baseShebha ukuya kumazibuko eMeditera naseYiputa. Indlela entlango yayiyingozi kungekuphela ngenxa yemozulu kodwa nangenxa yokulalela nokuphanga.

UKumkani uSolomon wayeyincutshe kule ndlela. Ukuqinisekisa ukhuseleko lweekharavani zempahla ukuya nokubuya eBukumkanini, ukumkanikazi waseShebha wazama ukurhwebesha uSolomon. Yayingumceli mngeni onzima kuba le ndoda yayonganyelwe lulonwabo, ingqongwe ngabafazi abangama-700 namashweshwe angama-300. Ukumcenga, uququzelelo olukhulu lwaququzelelwa, lumphatha ngemore, intlaka yokuqhumisa, igolide kunye nezacholo kunokuba wayephupha.
USolomon wawela phantsi kokumkanikazi ukumkanikazi owabuya eyoyisile ebukumkanini bakhe kungekuphela ngoxolo oluqinisekileyo kwindlela yokuqhumisela kodwa nakwisivumelwano sonyaka sokuthenga kubukumkani bukaSolomon.

Kwakungekho ngekhulu le-XNUMX BC. AD ukuba amaNabataea athathe indawo yamaSabeans kolu rhwebo lwekharavani. Ikomkhulu labo, iPetra, lalibaluleke kakhulu ngaphambi kokufika kumazibuko amakhulu eMeditera.

Iinkosi zentlango, amaNabataea alawula iindlela zeziqholo kunye nokuhanjiswa kweziqholo ukusuka kwintlango esemazantsi eArabhiya ukuya kubukhosi baseRoma, behamba umgama omalunga ne-1800 km. Kwathabatha malunga neentsuku ezingama-80 ukuba iinkamela zinqumle lo mmandla mhle wentlango.