With the rise of Islam in the 7th century the power of Aksum declined and the Kingdom became isolated, the Dahlak archipelago, northern and western Eritrea, came under increasing control of Islamic powers based in Yemen and Beja lands in Sudan. The Beja were often in alliance with the Umayyads of Arabia who themselves established footholds along stretches of the Eritrean coastline and the Dahlak archipelago while the Funj of Sudan exacted tribute from the adjacent western lowlands of Eritrea.

The movement began as a religious movement in Russia and Yemen, evolving into a secular movement that became popular among Jews around the world, especially in Europe.

From 1960, Philby's formerly marginal work as a journalist became more substantial, and he frequently travelled throughout the Middle East, including Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, and Yemen.

That crossing became possible when sea level had fallen by more than 80m to expose much of the shelf between southern Eritrea and Yemen ; a level that was reached during a glacial stadial from 60 to 70 ka as climate cooled erratically to reach the last glacial maximum.

For this reason, the Eagle of Saladin became the symbol of revolutionary Egypt, and was subsequently adopted by several other Arab states ( United Arab Emirates, Iraq, the Palestinian Territory, and Yemen ).

The undemarcated border became an issue in the early 1990s, when oil was discovered in the area and Saudi Arabia objected to the commercial exploration by foreign companies on behalf of Yemen.

Later another army was sent to Yemen, and in 597 / 8 Southern Arabia became a province of the Sassanid Empire under a Persian satrap.

Thereafter Yemen was ruled as part of Arab-Islamic caliphates, and Yemen became a province in the Islamic empire.

The Federation of South Arabia collapsed and Southern Yemen became independent as the People's Republic of South Yemen.

Following the September 1962 revolution, the Yemen Arab Republic became closely allied with and heavily dependent upon Egypt.

Under the Fatimids, Egypt became the center of an empire that included at its peak North Africa, Sicily, Palestine, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, the Red Sea coast of Africa, Hejaz, and Yemen.

After serving in Yemen, Bodine became Diplomat in Residence at the University of California, Santa Barbara, until shortly before the 2003 invasion of Iraq.

Mombasa became the major port city of pre-colonial Kenya in the Middle Ages and was used to trade with other African port cities, Persia, Arab traders, Yemen India and China.

Aden became the principal maritime port of the dynasty in the Indian Ocean and the principal city of Yemen, although the official capital of Ayyubid Yemen was Ta ' izz.

Written by Abdallah " al-Fadhool " Abdulwahab Noman and composed by Ayoob Tarish, it was formerly the anthem of the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen ( South Yemen ) and became the anthem of all of Yemen when the two Yemens merged in 1990.

By 1934, in an effort to safeguard the port of Aden, Britain had no fewer than 1, 400 " peace treaties " with the various tribal rulers of the hinterlands of what became Yemen.

Parts of the Ottoman Empire on the Arabian Peninsula became part of what is today Saudi Arabia and Yemen.

In 1967, the former British Colony of Aden and the former Aden Protectorate including Hadramaut became an independent Communist state, the People's Republic of South Yemen, later the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen.

Yemen is a member of the United Nations, the Arab League, and the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation.

After unification, the Republic of Yemen was accepted as a member of the ACC in place of its YAR predecessor.

As a member of the UN Security Council ( UNSC ) for 1990 and 1991, Yemen abstained on a number of UNSC resolutions concerning Iraq and Kuwait and voted against the " use of force resolution ".

One sign of this came on December 2, 2003, when the Yemeni foreign ministry announced that " Yemen welcomes Iran's request to participate in the Arab League as an observer member.

Yemen has historically enjoyed good relations with Somalia, its neighbor to the south and fellow Arab League member.

Yemen is a member of the United Nations ( UN ) and the following UN affiliates and specialized agencies:

Yemen is also a member of the following organizations:

During most of its existence ( 1958 – 1961 ), it was a member of the United Arab States, a confederation with North Yemen.

Yemen joined as a member on May 5, 1945.

Whatever containment value the pact might have had was lost when the Soviets ' leap-frogged ' the member states, establishing close military and political relationships with governments in Egypt, Syria, Iraq, the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen, Somalia, and Libya.

Yemen was a founding member of the Arab League in 1945, and later joined the United Nations in 1947.

However, unlike the member countries of the United Arab Republic, Yemen remained an independent sovereign state.

Yemen joined as a member on May 5, 1945.

In 2002, Kaïssi was a member of the Algerian Under-23 National Team at the 2002 Palestine Solidarity Tournament in Yemen.

He is also a substitute for the Committee on Transport and Tourism, a substitute for the Subcommittee on Human Rights, a member of the delegation for relations with the Gulf States, including Yemen, and a substitute for the delegation for relations with Australia and New Zealand.

After the 2004 elections he became a member of the Subcommittee on Security and Defence, substitute for the Committee on Transport and Tourism and member of the delegation for relations with the Gulf States, including Yemen.

She was also a substitute for the Committee on Regional Development, a member of the delegation for relations with the Gulf States, including Yemen, and a substitute for the delegation to the Euro-Mediterranean Parliamentary Assembly.

She is also a substitute for the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs, a member of the delegation for relations with Japan, and a substitute for the delegation for relations with the Gulf States, including Yemen.

She was also a substitute for the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs, a member of the delegation for relations with the Gulf States, including Yemen, and a substitute for the delegation for relations with the Korean Peninsula.

He is also a substitute for the Committee on International Trade and a member of the delegations for relations with the Gulf States, including Yemen, for relations with the Mashreq countries, and to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly.

She is a substitute for the Committee on Regional Development, a member of the Delegation for relations with the Gulf States, including Yemen and a substitute for the Delegation for relations with Switzerland, Iceland and Norway and to the European Economic Area ( EEA ) Joint Parliamentary Committee.

Jarallah became a member of the Politburo of the Yemeni Socialist Party ( YSP ), the ruling party in the South, and was named minister of culture in the government of a newly unified Yemen in the early 1990s.

She is a substitute for the Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection and a member of the Delegation for relations with the Gulf States, including Yemen.