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Marib (mä`rĭb), ancient city, Yemen, SW Arabia, 140 mi (225 km) inland at an altitude of 3,900 ft (1,190 m). It was one of the chief cities, perhaps the capital, of Sheba Sheba, biblical name of a region, called in Arabic Saba, of S Arabia, including present-day Yemen and the Hadhramaut. Its inhabitants were called Sabaeans or Sabeans. ..... Click the link for more information. . It was the site of a dam, built in the 6th cent. B.C., that was one of the great engineering feats of antiquity. The dam collapsed in the 6th cent. A.D., flooding the countryside. |
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The kingdom of Sheba lies in the Yemeni province of Marib. The concession encompasses over two-thirds of the Kom Ombo Basin, a rift basin analogous to the Gulf of Suez Basin, the Marib Basin in the Republic of Yemen, and the Muglad Basin in Sudan, all of which contain major reserves. The concession encompasses over two-thirds of the Kom Ombo Basin, a rift basin analogous to the Gulf of Suez Basin, the Marib Basin in the Republic of Yemen, and the Muglad Basin in Sudan, all of which contain major reserves. |
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