Marib Dam Is Built in Yemen
At a glance:
- Series: Great Events from History: The Ancient World, Prehistory-476
- Categories: Technology, Inventions, Architecture, Agriculture
- Subcategories: Farms, Farming, Rural Life
- Curriculum: African History, Ancient History
- Geographical Location: Yemen
- Date: c. 750-c. 500
Article abstract: The construction of the Marib Dam in Yemen provided water for irrigation for nearly one thousand years and created a rich farming region on the edge of the desert in south-central Arabia.
Summary of Event
The area around the ancient city of Marib has been important commercially and agriculturally for several thousand years. Once known as Sheba (or Sabah, or Sabaa), the region lay on trade routes stretching by sea to the Persian Gulf and India and by land to Mesopotamia and the eastern shores of the Mediterranean. Equally important,...
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