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Marib Dam

Monumental Sabaean irrigation dam in Yemen that captured monsoon runoff to water the oasis around the frankincense-trade capital Ma'rib; its final catastrophic breach in the 6th century CE is remembered in Islamic tradition as the Flood of the Dam (Sayl al-'Arim).

Dated events and their evidence

• 800 BCE mainstream
  Great Dam building phase under the Sabaeans source
• 575 CE mainstream
  final catastrophic breach, triggering regional migration source

Where

15.3964° N, 45.2436° E

Sources

• https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-075065978-9/50033-7
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marib_Dam

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