{"href":"http://player.captivate.fm/services/oembed?url=http%3A%2F%2Fplayer.captivate.fm%2Fepisode%2Ff679512e-9890-4607-89df-2a856583cf13","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Captivate.FM","provider_url":"https://www.captivate.fm","width":600,"height":200,"type":"rich","html":"<iframe style=\"width: 100%; height: 200px;\" title=\"Hopping Over to Himyar - Ep 204\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allow=\"clipboard-write\" seamless src=\"http://player.captivate.fm/episode/f679512e-9890-4607-89df-2a856583cf13\"></iframe>","title":"Hopping Over to Himyar - Ep 204","description":"For the first half of the first millennium CE, Himyar was based in what is today Yemen and flourished thanks to its role in inter-regional trade. We\u2019ll discuss the political landscape of ancient southern Arabia, the conversion of the Himyarite dynasty from polytheism to Judaism, and recently published research on environmental factors that contributed to the Himyarite state\u2019s decline and eventual conquest.\nInterested in sponsoring this show or podcast ads for your business? Zencastr makes it really easy! Click this message for more info.\nLinks\n\nZafar/Yemen - a Brief Summary (via Heidelberg University)\n\nPeriplus of the Erythraean Sea (via Wikisource)\n\nZafar, Capital of Himyar, Ibb Province, Yemen: First Preliminary Report: Summer 1998 and Autumn 2000, Second Preliminary Report: 2002, Third Preliminary Report: 2003, Fourth Preliminary Report: 2004 (Arch\u00e4ologische Berichte aus dem Yemen)\n\nArabia and Ethiopia (Oxford Handbook of Late Antiquity)\n\nZafar, Capital of Himyar, Seventh Preliminary Report, February\u2013March 2007-2008\n\nA Late Antique Christian king from \u1e92af\u0101r, southern Arabia (Antiquity)\n\nNon-Destructive Chemical Analysis of Old South Arabian Coins, Fourth Century BCE to Third Century CE (Archaeometry)\n\nDroughts and societal change: The environmental context for the emergence of Islam in late Antique Arabia (Science)\n\nMegadrought Contributed to Fall of Jewish Kingdom in Arabia, Rise of Islam, Study Suggests (Ha\u2019aretz)\n\nSpeleothems (Paleoclimatology)\n\nContact\nEmail the Dirt Podcast: thedirtpodcast@gmail.com\nArchPodNet\n\nAPN Website: https://www.archpodnet.com\n\n\nAPN on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/archpodnet\n\n\nAPN on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/archpodnet\n\n\nAPN on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/archpodnet\n\n\nTee Public Store\n\nAffiliates\n\nWildnote\n\nTeePublic\n\nTimeular\n\nMotion","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/dddd1215-eeb0-4139-b885-732091a9088a/uploads-2f1612927465714-puvwh93kw2-3b3c967815ee02703f7cfe1c7eed.jpg"}