A.D.
100 Probable date of the great flood of Arem or Mareb, which leads to the foundation of other Arab kingdoms.
529 The Abyssinians, under Aryat, invade Yemen, to avenge the Christians persecuted by Dhu-Nowas the king. Dhu-Nowas is killed, and the Abyssinians rule the kingdom until
605 when Saif, with the assistance of Chosroes the Great, restores the Kahtanee dynasty, but it becomes dependent on Persia.
634 Mohammedan conquest of Yemen.
THE KINGDOM OF HIRA (195-610 A.D.)
Next in importance to Yemen. It is situated in Irak. Founded about 195 A.D. by Malik, it is more or less under allegiance to the Persians, but exercises considerable control over the Mustareb Arabs.
529 Mundhir III, king of Hira, who has been driven from the throne by Kavadh I of Persia, because he is too powerful, invades Syria, cruelly ravaging the country as far as Antioch. He kills Harith, whom Kavadh has set over his kingdom, and is finally himself killed, in 554, by a Roman vassal.
610 Chosroes II puts an end to the kingdom of Hira.