Our knowledge of an ancient architecture of Yemen during a period prior to sixth century AD is still not enough. It needs a lot of research and investigation. This research deals with the house in old Yemen during a period of the ancient Yemen kingdoms since the beginning of first millennium BC even appearance of Kingdom of Himyarite in the first three centuries AD. It aims to identify the design basics and intellectual values of the house. It deals with the house and palace of three kingdoms of old Yemen. They are Saba Kingdom, Qataban Kingdom and Hadramout Kingdom. They were studied and analyzed, and then draw general conclusions on the architecture, and draw a set of design basics and intellectual values of the architecture of old Yemen.[
Settlement pattern of cities Depends on several factors including topography, climate, available materials and the cultural expression of community. The reaserch concerns for the cultural expression of community. This research deals with the city in ancient Yemen during period of the ancient kingdoms since the beginning of first millennium BC even the kingdom of Himyarite in the Central Highlands of Yemen. The research aims to identify the relationship between the religious beliefs of a society and its impact on Architecture. The reaserch methodology depends on puting theoretical framework shows the relationship between beliefs and the process of designeing and building. Then, it is applied on the architecture through selecting of certain models of ancient cities of each kingdom. The research concluded general conclusions about Urbanism in that era, in addition to know the strength of the relationship between religious beliefs and structural output.
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