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 BCEAsia

    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