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![Wedding revelers in Al Hajirah dance while brandishing their jambiya, the ceremonial daggers worn by most Yemeni men.](http://d3e1m60ptf1oym.cloudfront.net/84628f60-4e44-11e0-8c39-bf68cf582430/96001000024_xgaplus.jpg)
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Sanna, the capital of Yemen surrounded by ancient clay walls, has been an important trading center on the road to Mecca for 2500 years.
Author: Michael Yamashita
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Photo size: 33.7 Mpixels (96.4 MB uncompressed) - 7064x4772 pixels (23.5x15.9 in / 59.8x40.4 cm at 300 ppi)
Photo keywords: Arabian Sea, Capital of Yemen, Middle East, page 382, Sanaa, Silk Road, Yemen, Zheng He book
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