THE QUEEN OF SHEBA FROM KINGDOM OF ASKUM-AFRICA

BACKGROUND STORY

• She travels on camel to jerusalem
• She tests king solomons wisdom.
• He answers all her questions
• Then he teaches her about his god yahweh.
• She agreed to stay as a guest in his kingdom.

STORY CONTINUED

• As an un married women she tells the king not to touch her
• In exchange she cant take anything that belongs to him
• Then he tricked her and at night she drank a glass of his water
• Since she drank his water she had to spend the night with him.
• When she returns she is pregnant with a son.

HISTORY

• She was a woman of great wealth, beauty and power
• Came from the kingdom of Saba in Yemen
• The kingdom of Axum in Ethiopia, or both
• Born: 10th century B.C. Died: 10th century B.C.
• Best know as the wealthy queen who tested solomon

RELIGION

• Sacred to Jewish, Christians, and Muslims
• In the bible she is known as a queen of the east.
• The Queen and her subjects worshiped the sun.
• King solomon taught her about his god yahweh. She then became a follower
• Ethiopians believe thats how christianity came to their country

GEOGRAPHY

• It took place in ethiopia.
• Located in the continent of Africa.

COMMUNICATION

• Ethiopia has 83 different languages with up to 200 different dialects spoken.
• The largest ethnic and linguistic groups are
• The Oromos
• The Amharas
• The Tigrayans

CITES

• http://www.gotquestions.org/Queen-of-Sheba.html
• http://www.infoplease.com/biography/var/queenofsheba.html
• http://www.islamic-awareness.org/Quran/Contrad/External/sheba.html
• www.pbs.org/mythandheroes/myths_four_sheba.html
• http://www.ethiopiantreasures.co.uk/pages/language.htm