Semitic-speaking States and Nations
Below is a list of some important Semitic speaking states and nations extant at different points prior to the 7th century AD.
Mesopotamia
- Isin
- Larsa
- Akshak
- Akkad
- Assyria
- Babylonia
- Ekallatum
- Mari
- Eshnunna
- Chaldea
- Adiabene
- Osroene
- Hatra
Levant
- Ebla
- Ugar
- Amorite States
- Aram Damascus
- Aram Rehob
- Aram-Sôvah
- Hamath
- Aram-Ma’akah
- Palmyra
Canaan
- Arvad
- Sidon
- Tyre
- Israel
- Judah
- Samarra
- Byblos
- Moab
- Edom
- Ammon
- Petra
- Sutea
- Amalek
- Nabatea
Arabia
- Magan
- Dilmun
- Sheba
- Ubar
- Himyarite Kingdom
- ʿĀd
- Thamud
- Qataban
- Kingdom of Awsan
North Africa/Mediterranean
- Mdina (Malta)
- Carthage
North East Africa
- Aksum
- Ethiopia
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