The Marib Dam (Arabic: سَدّ مَأْرِبSadd Ma'rib, or سُدّ مَأْرِبSudd Ma'rib) is a modern dam blocking the wadi or valley of Adhanah (أَذَنَة, also Dhanahذَنَة) in the Balaq Hills, located in the Ma'rib Governorate in Yemen. The current dam was built in the 1980s and is close to the ruins of the ancient dam, first built in the 8th century BC.[1] It was one of the engineering wonders of the ancient world and a central part of the Sabaean and Himyarite kingdoms around Ma'rib.[2]
Other important ancient dams in Yemen include the Dam of Jufaynah, the Dam of Khārid, the Dam of Aḑraʾah, the Dam of Miqrān and the Dam of Yathʾān. Historically, Yemen has been recognized for the magnificence of its ancient water engineering. From the Red Sea coast to the limits of the Empty Quarter Desert are numerous ruins of small and large dams made of earth and stone.[citation needed]
In 2023, along with other landmarks of the ancient Kingdom of Saba, Marib Dam was added to the UNESCO World Heritage List.[3]
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^"Landmarks of Ancient Kingdom of Saba added to UNESCO's World Heritage List". Marib Governorate. 25 January 2023. Retrieved 26 March 2023.
The MaribDam (Arabic: سَدّ مَأْرِب Sadd Ma'rib, or سُدّ مَأْرِب Sudd Ma'rib) is a modern dam blocking the wadi or valley of Adhanah (أَذَنَة, also Dhanah...
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and Sabaean and Himyarite princes, as well as the restoration of the MaribDam, and the hosting of an international conference in which delegations from...
were pressured out of South Arabia as a result of the destruction of the MaribDam. Along with their cousin tribe, the Aws, they migrated to Yathrib, later...
historic MaribDam. Not much is known about Sharhabil Yafar in his early life. However, there are inscriptions which attribute the reparations of MaribDam to...
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chest of the eagle contains a shield that depicts a coffee plant and the MaribDam, with seven blue wavy stripes below. The flagstaffs on the right and left...
Qahtan, Shahran which is belong to Hood. Azdi tribes had migrated after "MaribDam" collapsed for the third time in the third century AD. Al-Namas, Billasmar...
reservoirs and dams. The Great Dam of Marib in Yemen, built between 1750 and 1700 BC, was an engineering wonder, and Eflatun Pinar, a Hittite dam and spring...
Axum, describes the construction of a church off the coast of Yemen. The MaribDam inscription from 548 mentions a priest, a monastery, and an abbot of that...
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have migrated from the land of Yemen following the destruction of the MaribDam (sadd Ma'rib). The "Arabized Arabs" (mustaʿribah) of central, western...
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empire. 728 BC: Rise of the Median Empire. 700 BC: The construction of MaribDam in Arabia Felix, in modern Saudi Arabia and Yemen. 653 BC: Rise of Achaemenid...
irrigation may date as far back as the third millennium BCE. The ancient MaribDam was first built in the 6th century BCE and repaired up until the 5th or...
قضاعة), who left central Yemen to settle in Makkah after the collapse of MaribDam in Yemen in 115 BC. Jeddah first achieved prominence around A.D. 647,...
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Christian and sometimes Trinitarian contexts, as in inscriptions Ry 506, the MaribDam inscription (CIS 541), and the Jabal Dabub inscription. The Jabal Dabub...
Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed, son of Sheikh Zayed. The current dam in Ma'rib is also called "Zayed Dam". Zayed Town, located in Central Bahrain, was financed...
Azd tribe migrated from Yemen in 120/200 CE following the collapse of MaribDam, while the other group migrated a few centuries before the birth of Islam...
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meet the standards of World Heritage Centre, namely Archaeological site of Marib, Historic city of Saada, Historic City of Thula, Madrasa Amiriya of Rada...
Nuqum. Muhammad ibn Zakariya al-Razi described a dam located at Nuqum; its location is not known. This dam probably served to divert the waters coming down...
and Jibla in the central highlands and the Raimah region in Yemen after MaribDam flood in 200 BC. In traditional genealogy, they trace their genealogy...
Temple of the god Almaqah. It is the earliest inscription to mention the MaribDam. [Sharah ˙ ʿathat Ashwaʿ and his] son 2 Mar[thadum] Asʾar banū Su[kh]3...
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