Saba Religious Level 3

Temple of Almaqah

"May Almaqah fulfill all our requests!"

Almaqah was both moon and sun-god in Sabaean culture. He is recognised widely as a protector, defending his people - the 'Children of Almaqah' - and depicted with a cluster of lightning bolts and a scythe-like weapon. Although generally considered a god of the moon, Almaqah is also the male counterpart to the Mesopotamian sun-god, Shamash (Shams), making him a sun deity also. His sacred animal was the bull, although he was also known as the 'Lord of the Ibex', as the wild mountain goats being another sacred animal in the Arabian polytheistic pantheon. It seems Almaqah's influence was not merely confined to Arabia. It was also felt much further afield; there is evidence of temples dedicated to the god as far west as Yeha and Addi Akawehm in the northern Ethiopian province of Tigray. According to steles found elsewhere in Tigray, Yeha's Temple of Almaqah was the central place of worship for the entire region.

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+4 Desert Nomadic cultural influence (this_region)
-4 food (this_region)
+8 public order per turn (this_province)
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+4 public order (this_province)

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