Marib

Ma'rib () or Marib is the caipital toun o the Ma'rib Govrenorate, Yemen an wis the caipital o the Sabaean kinrick, which some scholars believe tae be the auncient Sheba o biblical fame.<ref
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> It is locatit at , approximately 120 kilometers east o Yemen's modren caipital, Sana'a. It haes a current population o 16,794.

History
The Sabaean kinrick wis locatit in wha is nou Marib in soothwastren Yemen. The Sabaean keengs made thair caipital at Ma'rib, an biggit great irrigation wirks sic as the Ma'rib dams, whose ruins are still visible. The Marib Dam supportit a flourishin cultur for mair nor a thoosan years; its collapse in 575 C.E., a few years efter the birth o Muhammad, mey be ane o the main raisons that Arabie did no acome Christian.Christianity, p.245 Thay an aw biggit castles an temples in the aurie, an wur kent for tradin the valuable frankincense an myrrh.Age of Faith, p. 156 Thay wur a seafarin fowk an kent tae hae influence an a population in the Northeast African kinrick o Dʿmt, athort the Red Sea in Eritrea an aiblins Ethiopie, the anerlie ither soorce o baith frankincense an myrrh.

In 25 B.C., Aelius Gallus led "an expedition tae Ma'rib (Yemen)."Chris Scarre, The Penguin Historical Atlas of Ancient Rome (London: Penguin Books, 1995), 9.  (also Augustus' Res Getae 26)

The steid o Auncient Ma'rib wis lairgely abandoned durin the 20t century. Awtho a sma veelage remains, the multi-story mud-brick biggins o the historic ceety are lairgely in ruins. The modren ceety o Ma'rib is locatit aboot 3.5 kilometers north o the centre o the auncient ceety.

Ile Refinery
The Yemen Oil Refining Company opened an ile refinery in Ma'rib in 1986, which produces 10,000 barrels (1,600 m3) o ile per day (2009). In November 2009, the company annooncit a greement wi Korea's Shinhan tae expand an upgrade the refinery tae produce 25,000 barrels (4,000 m3)/day.

Ma'rib is the stairt o the 438 km (272 mi) Marib-Ra's Isa ile pipeline, wi a capacity o 200,000 barrels (32,000 m3) per day.

Notes

Durant, Will (1950). The Age of Faith: A History of Medieval Civilization -- Christian, Islamic, and Judaic -- from Constantine to Dante: A.D. 325-1300, The Story o Civilization, volume IV. Simon an Schuster.
 Korotayev, Andrey (1994). Apologia for "The Sabaean Cultural-Political Area" // Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies 57: 469-474 .
 MacCulloch, Diarmaid (2009). Christianity: the First Three Thousand Years, Viking Penguin.

References

Freemit Airtins
 German Archaeological Institute (in German) 
 World66 

Category:Populatit places in Ma'rib Govrenorate
Category:Airchaeological steids in Yemen
Category:Umwhile populatit places in Soothwast Asie
Category:Destricts o Yemen