Let us begin with certain names in Ancient Arabia that give an indication of a link with Israel .

MECCA is the great pilgrimage destination of Muslims that is located in Saudi Arabia . The name MECCA is derived from MAACA, a Portuguese word that is used to refer to the holy city or the ancient Jewish holy city before the Islamic domination that turned this city into what it is today. MECCA in Hebrew is Ma‘akah (mah-ak-aw') or Ma‘akath (mah-ak-awth') ( Joshua 13:13), hkem, or tkem Û which means the city where King Solomon stationed his son Deker as his steward ( 1Kings 4: 7-9). It is also the name of Solomon's mother ( 2 Samuel 3: 3).

KABA is a place of pilgrimage for the Jews in Arabia before Islam. It became a place of pilgrimage for Muslims. This was discovered under the name Kamba among the priests who belong to the order that worships the only God; a Bantu religion that combines Judaism of ancient times and the Christianity of the very early centuries called Kimbaguism.

MEDINA : This is a city that used to be called YATHRIB before the arrival of Islam in Arabia. It was bordered in the north by the Kingdom of Shaba and in the south by the city of Mecca (cf. Arabia before Islam) YATHRIB Û YARIB in the Hebrew language means byry ''God fights or intercedes''. In Israel , the word was used as JARIB to refer to:

1. Son of Simon (1 Chronicles 4:24);

2. Sacrificer (Ezra 10:18)

DJEDDA was a commercial port in Arabia, situated on the Red Sea opposite Sudan. It's real name was JUDA which corresponds to the Hebrew name Y@huwdah (yeh-hoo-daw'), hdwhy, a name that was used for this region before the Christian era. In one of the reports written by the Portuguese in the 15 th century AD this name was mentioned as the same name in southern Sudan during the medieval era. (Cf. Figures 4 and 4B).

YEMEN comes from the Hebrew word YIMNA, Yimna (yim-naw') enmy (God will withhold). This name in Israel , YIMNA, was also used to refer to the descendants of Aser, one of the sons of Helem (1 Chronicles 7: 35).

REGIONS:

SANAA is a city of Yemen. The name is derived from the Hebrew word SAN-SANNA (keer-yath' san-naw') or Qiryath Cepher (keer-yath' say-fer) hno tyrq or rpo tyrq and which means the city of Judah (Joshua 15: 31).

MAKAL is derived from the Hebrew word Ma'akah (mah-ak-aw') or Ma'akath.

(Mah-ak-awth' ), Joshua 13:13 hkem ou tkem or MAQUELOTH (Assembly). This means an encampment of the Israelites in the desert. This same name exists in Yemen as Makalla, in Sudan as Makala, in Angola as Makela and in Zaire as Makala.

MARI'B comes from the Hebrew word MERIBA M@riybah (mer-ee-baw') byry (Exodus17, Joshua 14: 6-7, Numbers 20: 3, Ezechiel 47: 19). Marib was a water dam of the Jews in Yemen before the fall of Himyar to the Sabeans. This word was in Zaire (Maribu, Malebo, Mari'b, meaning a village).

HIMYAR (people and kingdom)

HIMYAR originates from the Hebrew word HIMYAR (God resists), Yimrah (yim-raw'), and hrmy. A descendant of Aser, son of Tsophah (1 Chronicles 7:36-37). The Sabeans overthrew this Jewish kingdom in the 7 th century AD; it was the birth of Hima-Tutsi that was founded by the Sabeans and of Himana that was founded by the Bantus. Himana (God) is Rwanda, Zaire, Central African Republic and in Congo Brazzaville. However, the division between these two Himas is so obvious in Rwanda and Burundi between the HUTUS and TUTSIS.

Considering the fact that we are aware that the Jews left Jerusalem because of the assaults from the north and the east and that, at this time, Solomon had ships at Ethion on the Red Sea, all these probabilities should not leave us in a state of indifference. A very heavy Jewish presence therefore had to supervise this navigation. The fall of this empire gave rise to a wave of migration from the peninsula towards Ethiopia and Sudan .