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Sheba (/ˈʃiːbə/; Ge'ez: ሳባ, Saba, Arabic: سبأ, Sabaʾ, South Arabian , Hebrew: שבא, Šəḇā) was a kingdom mentioned in the Hebrew scriptures (Old Testament) and the Qur'an. Sheba features in Ethiopian, Hebrew and Qur'anic traditions. Among other things it was the home of the biblical "Queen of Sheba" (named Makeda in Ethiopian tradition and Bilqīs in Arabic tradition).
The view that the biblical kingdom of Sheba was the ancient Semitic civilization of Saba in Southern Arabia is controversial. Israel Finkelstein and Neil Asher Silberman write that "the Sabaean kingdom began to flourish only from the eighth century BCE onward" and that the story of Solomon and Sheba is "an anachronistic seventh-century set piece meant to legitimize the participation of Judah in the lucrative Arabian trade."The British Museum states that there is no archaeological evidence for such a queen but that the kingdom described as hers was Saba, "the oldest and most important of the South Arabian kingdoms" Kenneth Kitchen dates the kingdom to between 1200 BCE until 275 CE with its capital Marib. The Kingdom fell after a long but sporadic civil war between several Yemenite dynasties claiming kingship, resulting in the rise of the late Himyarite Kingdom.
The Queen of Sheba was a queen regnant who appears in the Bible. The tale of her visit to King Solomon has undergone extensive Jewish, Arabian and Ethiopian elaborations, and has become the subject of one of the most widespread and fertile cycles of legends in the East.
The queen of Sheba (מַֽלְכַּת־שְׁבָׄא, malkat-šəḇā in the Hebrew Bible, βασίλισσα Σαβὰ in the Septuagint, Syriac ܡܠܟܬ ܫܒܐ,Ethiopic ንግሥተ፡ሳባእ፡) came to Jerusalem "with a very great retinue, with camels bearing spices, and very much gold, and precious stones" (I Kings 10:2). "Never again came such an abundance of spices" (10:10; II Chron. 9:1–9) as those which she gave to Solomon. She came "to prove him with hard questions", all of which Solomon answered to her satisfaction. They exchanged gifts, after which she returned to her land.
The use of the term ḥiddot or "riddles" (I Kings 10:1), an Aramaic loanword whose shape points to a sound shift no earlier than the sixth century B.C., indicates a late origin for the text. Since there is no mention of the fall of Babylon in 539 B.C., Martin Noth has held that the Book of Kings received a definitive redaction around 550 B.C.
Actors: Loren W. Lepre (actor), Belinda M. Wilson (writer), Belinda M. Wilson (producer), Belinda M. Wilson (director), Julie Chapin (actress), Belinda M. Wilson (editor), Belinda M. Wilson (composer), Belinda M. Wilson (actress), Kris Levin (actor), Trisha Graybill (actress), Janice LaFlam (actress), Dave Ferrier (actor), Charis M. Wilson (producer), Charis M. Wilson (actress), Charis M. Wilson (composer),
Plot: These prison inmates are victimized by the system, the guards and by each other. Several women are beaten and raped by other inmates. They face sexual exploitation when the warden and guards bring johns in the prison to pimp the women out. The johns use these women to have their ultimate fantasies played out. But even in prison, these women find friendships, love and marriage. When the life in prison gets to be too hard to endure, eight inmates escape, not knowing that it will take them to even greater dangers and tragedies.
Keywords: female-exploitationActors: Walton Goggins (actor), Samuel L. Jackson (actor), J.D. Evermore (actor), Jamie Foxx (actor), Jonah Hill (actor), Gary Grubbs (actor), Bruce Dern (actor), Ned Bellamy (actor), Robert Carradine (actor), Leonardo DiCaprio (actor), Michael Bowen (actor), Edrick Browne (actor), M.C. Gainey (actor), Don Johnson (actor), John Jarratt (actor),
Plot: Former dentist, Dr. King Schultz, buys the freedom of a slave, Django, and trains him with the intent to make him his deputy bounty hunter. Instead, he is led to the site of Django's wife who is under the hands of Calvin Candie, a ruthless plantation owner.
Keywords: 1850s, 19th-century, actor-playing-multiple-roles, actor-plays-multiple-roles, alias, ambush, animal-attack, australian, bag-over-head, ball-peen-hammerActors: Joe Morford (producer), Joe Morford (director), Joe Morford (writer), Joe Morford (actor), Jordan Baker (composer), Gen Celle (actor), Jonah Weinstein (editor), Glecely Buston (actress), Beverly Jean Abear (actress), Rowena Fajardo (actor), Cherrylou Calianga (actor), Rona Fajardo (actor), Regina Fajardo (actor), Darius Rocillo (actor), Majhe Lendhi (actor),
Genres: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Short,Actors: Jonny Lewis (actor), Radu Vlad (actor), Leigh Hall (actress), David T. Watkins (director), David T. Watkins (producer), David T. Watkins (actor), David T. Watkins (writer), Robert Olding (actor), Marcus Proctor (actor), Liliya Czarina (actress), Kimberly Evan (actress), Russia Hardy (actress), Lidiya Korotko (actress), Meggan Anderson (actress), Lauren Evans (actress),
Plot: Isaak's an aging Russian mobster who feels displaced at home and at work. When his daughter-in-law witnesses one of his murders he's face with a tough choice. Kill her or let her live. Either choice betrays one family while regaining prestige in the other. But which family is more important to him?
Genres: Drama,Actors: Colin Allen (actor), Caleb Allen (actor), Caleb Allen (producer), Caleb Allen (writer), Caleb Allen (director), Caleb Allen (editor), Jason Yates (actor), Tony Scelsi (actor), Alison Allen (producer), Alison Allen (actress), Cory Pearson (actor), John Fuller (actor), Kate Delaney (actress), Lauryn Wood (actress), Lauryn Wood (writer),
Genres: Fantasy, Horror,Actors: Joe Kraemer (composer), Thomas Kopache (actor), Paul J. Alessi (actor), Paul J. Alessi (producer), George Williams (actor), Christopher Pizzo (miscellaneous crew), Shane Free (miscellaneous crew), Alfonso Freeman (actor), Dylan Kussman (actor), Justin Huen (actor), Gavin Franks (producer), Jennifer McManus (costume designer), Daniel Hagen (actor), Paul Osborne (writer), Paul Osborne (producer),
Plot: Between 11:50 and 12:00 noon, a crime is commited. In the same ten minute period, we follow the lives of the ten people, all connected to this crime. As we see each person's point of view, we are propelled closer and closer to the truth of what exactly happened...and why.
Keywords: alarm-clock, apostrophe-in-title, blood, corporate-take-over, double-cross, female-assassin, female-nudity, gangster, gay-couple, gay-kissActors: Vondie Curtis-Hall (director), Joe Everett (miscellaneous crew), Terence Blanchard (composer), Joseph G. Aulisi (costume designer), J.C. Kenny (actress), Mariah Carey (actress), Michael Stevens (actor), Ann Magnuson (actress), Kim Roberts (actress), Terrence Howard (actor), Bill Sage (actor), Marcia Bennett (actress), Dorian Harewood (actor), John Rakich (miscellaneous crew), Barbara Harris (miscellaneous crew),
Plot: Billie Frank is a shy, young multiracial girl who is sent away by her alcoholic mother at a very early age. At an orphanage, she befriends Louise and Roxanne. Flash forward to 1983. Billie and her friends are spotted by a record producer, Timothy Walker, who wants them to sing backup for his latest pop-music discovery. But when super DJ Julian Dice hears Billie's incredible voice, he makes a shady deal with Timothy to get her out of that dead-end situation. Soon, Billie and Dice are making hits inside the studio, and falling in love outside of it. Eventually, the pressure of her newfound celebrity puts too heavy a strain on Billie, forcing her to decide what it is she really wants from Dice, and what she wants for herself.
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Genres: Western,Oh ancient Queen of Cush
Tale beyond compare
What faith in destiny
To gain in her story
With royal bounty
And baby in belly
Responsibilities
Edification
Oh ancient Queen of Cush
Tale beyond compare
What faith in destiny
To gain in her story
Sheba
Your love ordained in grace
His majesties
Virtue le find a place
Hidden scrolls reveal for all
To see the half that's never been told
Menelik grew to a King
Now generations pass unlinked
Who is this great mother divine?