Arabian Peninsula
The Republic of Yemen is located in Western Asia, the largest peninsula in the worldThe southwestern tip of the Arabian Peninsula. Area 5280,000 square kilometers, about the size of three Guangdong provinces in China. It is also the second largest country on the Arabian Peninsula, accounting for 16% of the total area of the Arabian Peninsula. To the north is Saudi Arabia, the largest brother in the Middle East, with a border of more than 1,400 kilometers. The northeast connects Oman with a border of 288 kilometers. 
Red Sea
Although Yemen is not a large country, it is locatedTropical,It has an enviable 2,000 km of coastline. To the west isRed SeaTo the south isArabian SeawithGulf of Aden,It has more than 200 islands. Seafood is abundant, and squid is also abundant in the sea. 
Southwest corner partitionBab el-Mandeb StraitIt faces the African countries of Eritrea and Djibouti. The Red Sea sits right on the border between the Arabian and African tectonic plates, and many of the Red Sea islands are volcanic islands. 
The largest island in YemenSocotraLocated above the Arabian Sea, it is structurally African, closer to Somalia. Because Socotra Island has been isolated from the mainland for 18 million years, it has evolved unique flora and fauna, and more than 90% of the insects are unique to the world. 
* The Way
locationThe Asian-African borderThe southwest corner is more than 20 kilometers wideBab el-Mandeb StraitIt is the only way from the Indian Ocean to the Red Sea. Yemen has been a transit point between the East and the West since ancient times, and its size is also countedThe head of the Red Sea. 
It was famousThe Ancient Maritime Silk Roadof the transit station andSpice Routeof the starting station. The finest frankincense produced in Oman is shipped to Europe through Yemen for use in religious ceremonies. YemenPort of Aden, Port of HodeidahBoth are world-famous natural harbors, and Zheng He, an ancient Chinese seafarer, docked at the port of Aden 5 times. 
A trade road post in central YemenThe ancient city of ShibamIt is a prosperous city in history and is known as the Manhattan in the desert. Coffee originated in Ethiopia in Africa and spread to Europe from the port of Mocha in Yemen, and Europeans called the delicious coffee that came from Yemen"Mocha coffee". 
Today, the Bab el-Mandeb Strait remainsIt is in charge of the maritime traffic of Europe, Asia and AfricaEvery day, millions of barrels of Middle Eastern oil and 70% of China's shipments to Europe pass through here. Yemen's Hanish Islands and Socotra are strategically located on this waterway, and the port of Aden is by far the largest port in Yemen in terms of cargo throughput.
Mountain plateau
The whole territory of Yemen is toMountain plateauMainly, the terrain slopes from west to east. The central capital is southwest of Sana'aHadur Shuab Peak,At 3,760 meters above sea level, it is the highest peak in Yemen and the highest peak in the Arabian Peninsula. In the whole country, only the western Red Sea coast has a north-south trendTihamai Plains,There are no decent rivers.
InTropical desert climateUnder the influence of the influence, summer temperatures are casually above 40 degrees Celsius, and with the exception of a few oases, most of them are sandy plains. In most areas, the average annual precipitation is less than 100 mm, and in some places there is no rain all year round. The northern part of Yemen is the world's largest mobile desertRub al-Khali Desert. Lack of waterIt has become an important problem for the development of Yemeni society, and some scientists estimate that Yemen may even become the first country in the world to completely deplete its water resources.
The agruple of agriculture
Less than 3% of Yemen's arable land is due to overgrazing, increasing desertification and sandstorms in the summer. (What is a sandstorm point here) Although 75% of the population is engaged in agricultural production, it is still the sameFood is not self-sufficient. Agricultural conditions are already poor, and Yemen has cultivated a large amount of land on the small amount of arable landCarter Tree. The Carter tree is a bit like the coca tree in South America, and the leaves contain ephedrine, which stimulates the human brain to produce a thrill that is difficult to withdraw.
The leaves are banned in China, and in countries such as the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia, it is a felony punishable by death if sold and chewed. But in Yemen, a large number of adult males have contracted this vice and come togetherThe whole people chew grass,Many families spend 10% of their income on Carter leaves. To make matters worse, the Carter tree is a particularly high drain on soil moisture, resulting in a large amount of land that should be used to grow food or coffee.
Arabs
Compared to other countries in the Arabian Peninsula, Yemen historically had abundant rain and fertile land, and was called the "Land of Happiness Arabia" by the ancient Greeks. The capital, Sana'aOne of the earliest human settlements,It is said that Noah's eldest son, Shem, settled here.
From the 14th century B.C. to 525 A.D., a number of tribal states such as Mayin and Qathiban arose in the Yemen region. Among them, the Kingdom of Ma Yin was also the first country on the Arabian Peninsula. Today, Yemenis are predominantly Arab, with more than 200 tribes, most of which can be traced back to these ancient tribes. In 540 B.C., Yemen was unified during the reign of the queen of Saba, and the people focused on agriculture and engineering construction, and built the famous oneMarib Dam. The Marib Dam is not only found in the Qur'an'an's Lists of Quality Authors, but also in ancient Arabic poetry, stories and legends, and the Republic of Yemen has engraved the Malib Dam on its coat of arms.
Beginning in the 6th century A.D., Yemen was invaded by Abyssians and Persians, leading to a 400-year Arab migration. As a result, the entire Arabian Peninsula, Syria, Palestine, and even North Africa are populated with tribes that have migrated from Yemen, some of whom have established powerful kingdoms. Yemen is also known as yesOne of the cradles of the Arab nation and culture.
Islam
After the first century AD, Judaism and ** religion were introduced to Yemen, and Yemenis gradually accepted these monotheistic religions. In 628 AD, the Prophet Muhammad converted to the tribes of the Arabian PeninsulaIslamSeveral Yemeni tribes have sent delegations to Medina to ask for conversion to Islam.
Muhammad ordered the construction in Sana'aMosque,This ancient mosque has survived to this day. In 1972, while repairing the western wall of the Great Mosque, a 30,000-page manuscript of the Quran was discovered, written on parchment or ancient paper, and is one of the most precious relics in Islam.
During the Arab Empire, Yemen was an imperial province, and Zabid, on the Red Sea, was famous in the Islamic world for its Islamic universities. Today, Islam is the state religion of Yemen, with Sunnis making up about 52% of the Muslim population, mainly living in the south, and Shiites, about 43%, living in the north. Yemen has also become one of the few in the Middle EastA country where two Islamic sects are evenly matched.
North and South**
Beginning in the 16th century, Yemen was invaded and occupied by the Portuguese, Ottoman and British because of its superior port conditions. In 1934, the British Empire forced the King of Yemen to recognize that the south belonged to the United Kingdom, and Yemen was officially divided intoNorth and South.
Since then, there have been a number of coups in North and South Yemen with the support of the Soviet Union and Egypt, and the heads of state of the two sides have killed each other, and only the coup d'état in 1986 in which some South Yemeni officers were supported by the Soviet Union led to 120,000 people died. The chaos continued until 1990, when North and South Yemen declared reunification and the Republic of Yemen was formed. However, the differences between the north and the south have not been resolved, the sects are different, the root of the ** has long been buried, and a civil war was fought within a few years of reunification. In 2014, the Houthis in the north took over the capital and built a new capital in AdenThe country is torn apart, warlords are fighting.
Currently, the Saudi-backed Sunni** army and the Iranian-backed Shiite Houthis are at a stalemateTerrorism took advantage of the opportunity to gain territory in Yemen, and Yemen even became a Middle East and Africa betweenTransfer.
The economy collapsed
Although it is not as good as Saudi Arabia and Iran, Yemen is oneA country with good resource endowment. YesOil, Gasstorage, and there is considerablegold, silver and other metal deposits,By 2015, nearly half of Yemen's oil exports were to China.
But due to political turmoil and frequent civil wars, Yemen today is one of the most backward countries in the worldThe economy is on the verge of collapse at any moment. Not to mention the economic level compared with neighbors Saudi Arabia and Oman, even Iraq is not comparable, and Yemen is also the only least developed country in the world in West Asia. Yemen has the world's best location, the top ports, good resources, and any development of tropical islands to make European tourists crazy if you do a skydiving or something. But for almost a hundred years, Yemen has onlyLegal *** corruption, opposition armed mischief,It is embarrassing that this country, which has several kings in hand, has become the most failed country in the world.
Humanitarian crisis
In recent years, behind the ongoing conflict in Yemen has been a dirty struggle for power between Saudi Arabia and Iran, which are major powers in the Middle East. None of the politicians who talk about Islam and send it behind their backs really cares about the future of Yemenis. The civil war has plunged Yemen into a serious situationHumanitarian crisis,As of 2021, more than 370,000 people have died in the civil war.
Of the population of more than 30 million,More than 40% of the population does not have enough to eat every dayThere have also been outbreaks of cholera that are not common in modern society. Child marriage is rampant, and the female fertility rate is extremely high, with an average of 4 births per woman5 children. Many children are sent to various armed forces to be used as cannon fodder before they reach adulthood, and there is no way to talk about education and medical care.
Hope for peace
The blue waves and white sand on the shores of the Red Sea, the treasures of Socotra Island, and the boats of the Bab el-Mandeb Strait. For thousands of years, the ancient country of Yemen has bathed in the winds and waves of the Arabian Sea, shuttled through the headlands of Asia and Africa, and created the spark of civilization in the Arabian desert, but it has been slaughtered by the fratricidal war of compatriots over and over again. Hope we live in the world,The desire for a peaceful life will eventually prevail over the curse of violence and bloodlust, and peace will no longer be a luxury in this turbulent land.