Due to their [[hegemony]] of the [[Red Sea]] some Sabaeans lived in northern Ethiopia and Eritrea during the Sabaean-influenced kingdom of [[D`mt]]. Most modern historians consider this civilization to be indigenous,<ref>Stuart Munro-Hay, ''Aksum: An African Civilization of Late Antiquity''. Edinburgh: University Press, 1991, pp.57. </ref>, but some still view, as in the past, D`mt as the result of a mixture of "culturally superior" Sabaeans and indigenous peoples;<ref>Taddesse Tamrat, ''Church and State in Ethiopia: 1270-1527'' (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1972), pp.5-13.</ref> a very small minority even views the kingdom as wholly Sabaean and Ethiopians as the descendents of ancient Sabaean immigrants, but with little evidence.<ref>Megalommatis, Mohammed K.P. "[[http://www.buzzle.com/editorials/8-4-2005-74197.asp Yemen’s Past and Perspectives are in Africa, not a fictitious 'Arab' world]"</ref>
Sabaeans of Sheba are frequently but erroneously confused (by those who know little better) with the Sabians whose etymology is completely unrelated being spelled with an initial Arabic letter "Sad" (hebrew Tzadi) instead of the initial letter "Sin" (hebrew Shin). The issue was confused by Mohammed Marmeduke Pickthal in his translation of the Quran because at least one tribe of Sabaeans, the Ansar, are known to have adopted the religion of the Saabi`ah Hunafa` under the influence of Jewish leaders like the Ethiopian Jew Heman ben Shalim.
Jewish priests used to run an altar (Kraba) in Mecca (Mekraba) called The Great Altar (as talked about in the Talmud Masechet Menuchot) during the reign of the Kingdom of Sheba. The Sabaeans were regarded by Jewish authorities as Noahides from the time of the First Temple, when trade routes developed under Solomon. They were chased out and the altar was take over by the Himyar idol worshippers.
