See also:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lpOx9...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cke9g...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iX3wY...
"Immediately after this port (Leuke Kome) starts Arabia, which is extended alongside a large part of the Red Sea. It is inhabited by various peoples and tribes, whose languages differ either a little or totally. The coastal zone features many groups of huts of the fish–eaters, whereas the inland includes hamlets and pastures, being inhabited by a people who speak two languages and have a perverted character. These people rob those who deviate from their sailing just in the middle of the sea, and come nearby their coasts. They arrest all the shipwrecked, so that they make later use of them as captives. That is why the Kings of Yemen attack them, and hold many of them as prisoners. They are called Canraites (my note: this is the single time this term was used in Ancient Greek literature). Truly, any sort of navigation nearby the coast of Arabia is particularly dangerous, and this area is characterized by a lack of ports and offers few possibilities of anchorage, being full of perilous rocks, difficult of reach because of the rocky precipices, and awful from any viewpoint. That is why when we sail south, we navigate in the open sea, and as fast as possible, until we reach the Katakekavmene Neso (‘Scorched Island’). Immediately after that island, there are plenty of lands inhabited by civilized people, who have large cattle, and use camels for their trade and transportation".
Excerpt from the Periplus of the Erythraean (Red) Sea
In a revelatory and far-seeing article, Prof. Muhammad Shamsaddin Megalommatis demanded - as early as 2005 and 2008 - a genuine regime change in Sanaa by which the Yemenites would take the destiny of their ancient and noble country in their own hands. He even called the US to support a movement that would make Yemen the really powerhouse across the peninsula - a region which historically should rather be called Yemenite (and not Arabian).
We will upload Prof. Megalommatis' article in two video-parts.
Latest versions published:
https://www.academia.edu/23149240/Col...
https://www.academia.edu/23145558/Pro...
http://www.fravahr.org/spip.php?artic...
https://silentsspeech.wordpress.com/2...
Music accompaniment:
Naseer Shamma (Nasir Chamma, نصير شمة), Maqamat Ziryab
From the Euphrates to the Guadalquivir. Lute improvisations, variations and compositions on the modes (maqamat) that Ziryáb brought from Baghdad to Cordoba more than one thousand years ago.
0:00 Maqam Rast
10:17 Dau Al Ruh / Maqam Hiyaz
21:29 Hilal As Saba
On Naseer Shamma:
Naseer Shamma (Nasir Chamma, نصير شمة), né en 1963 à Al-Kût, est un joueur de oud irakien.
Continue:
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naseer_...
On Maqamat Ziryab:
Recorded in Madrid on 17 november 2002
http://www.discogs.com/Naseer-Shamma-...
Also:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Maqamat-Zirya...