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Yemen ( i / ˈ j ɛ m ə n / ; Arabic : اليَمَن al-Yaman ), officially known as the Republic of Yemen ( الجمهورية اليمنية al-Jumhūrīyah al-Yamanīyah ), is an Arab country in Western Asia , occupying the southwestern to the southern end of the Arabian Peninsula . Yemen is the second largest country in the peninsula, occupying 527,970 km 2 (203,850 sq mi) . The coastline stretches for about 2,000 km (1,200 mi) . It is bordered by Saudi Arabia to the north, the Red Sea to the west, the Gulf of Aden an
Yemen was the home of the Sabaeans (biblical Sheba ), a trading state that flourished for over a thousand years and probably also included parts of modern-day Ethiopia and Eritrea . In 275 AD, the region came under the rule of the later Jewish influenced Himyarite Kingdom . Christianity arrived in the 4th century AD whereas Judaism and local paganism were already established. Islam spread quickly in the 7th century and Yemenite troops were crucial in the expansion of the early Islamic conquests. Administrat