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Old
Sana’a
,
which
is
a
walled
city
and
had
seven
gates,
of
which
only
the
Gate
of
Yemen
remains
.
It
is
one
of
those
ancient
cities
continuously
inhabited
from
at
least
the
fifth
century
BC
.
It
became
a
temporary
capital
of
the
Kingdom
of
Sheba
in
the
first
century
AD
after
families
from
the
Hamedan
tribe
restored
the
Sabaean
throne
from
the
Himyarites
It
was
mentioned
in
the
texts
of
Al-Musnad
in
the
form
of
Sanu
,
which
is
derived
from
“musna’a”,
which
means
fortress
in
ancient
southern
Arabic
,
[1]
[2]
In
the
seventh
and
eighth
centuries,
the
city
turned
into
an
important
center
for
the
spread
of
Islam
,
so
it
preserved
the
heritage
ofReligious
and
political
is
evident
in
106
mosques,
21
baths
and
6,500
houses
dating
back
to
before
the
eleventh
century
.
The
multi-storeyed
tower
dwellings
and
old
brick
houses
add
to
the
beauty
of
the
site.
[3]
