| War on History |
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| From Addis Ababa, Ethiopia | |
| Friday, October 10, 2008 | |
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Both the Bible & Koran tell of the Queen of Sheba traveling on a diplomatic mission to Jerusalem to visit King Solomon. Most historians agree she was a real person from Marib, Yemen... the ancient name for that city being Sheba & there's even a temple for the Queen there. (Wasn't allowed to go because al-Qaida killed some tourist there last year.) Again, most historians think she was from Yemen, that is except Ethiopian historians. In fact, Ethiopians believe their old royal family were decedents of the illegitimate son she had with King Solomon. That's not all they disagree on. Sometime in the 17th century, the Dutch took the coffee plant from either Ethiopia or Yemen & transplanted it around the world in their colonies. Ok, historians don't take sides on this issue... but I will... the name of this original plant is 'Coffee Arabica' & Yemen was the world's largest supplier of coffee in the 15th & 16th centuries... with their coffee shipping out of the Yemen town of Mocha. Funny how countries can disagree~ Tags: Ethiopia Yemen |
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