Economy & TradeThe 7th century BCE

Economy & Trade in the 7th century BCE

One event in the Terralore archive falls in the 7th century BCE, tagged economy and trade — trade, currency, industry and resources. It keeps the sources it was verified against and links back to the chronicle it came from.

Events
1
Nations
1
Earliest
700 BCE
Latest
700 BCE

Every entry below is the same record, with the same sources, as the one on its nation’s chronicle.

  1. early 1st millennium BCE — Asia:

    Yemen

    Construction of the Great Dam of Marib

    The Sabaeans built the Great Dam of Marib to harness the seasonal floods of the Wadi Adhanah, irrigating a vast oasis and underpinning the kingdom's wealth for over a thousand years.

    Era: Ancient South Arabia: The Incense Kingdoms

    Sources: Marib: Yemen, Dam, and History · Encyclopaedia Britannica, Saba (ancient kingdom, Arabia) · Encyclopaedia Britannica