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Great Dam of Marib
Jiaohe
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Great Dam of Marib begins roughly 600 years before Jiaohe.
Oldest
Great Dam of Marib
800 BCE – 570 CE
Longest span
Ancient Merv
500 BCE – 1221 CE
Most popular
Petra
91 / 100
Distance apart
5,156 km
Between Great Dam of Marib and Jiaohe (first two selected)
UNESCO World Heritage
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Great Dam of Marib Yemen |  Jiaohe China | Ancient Merv Turkmenistan | Petra Jordan, Southern Jordan | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date Range | 800 BCE – 570 CE | 200 BCE – 1400 CE | 500 BCE – 1221 CE | 300 BCE – 700 CE |
| Province | Yemen | China | Turkmenistan | Ma'an Governorate |
| Region | — | — | — | Southern Jordan |
| Popularity | 54 / 100 | 47 / 100 | 65 / 100 | 91 / 100 |
| Eras | Iron Age, Classical, Late Antique | Classical, Imperial China, Medieval | Classical, Hellenistic, Roman, Late Antique, Medieval | Hellenistic, Roman, Late Antique |
| Civilizations | Sabaean, Himyarite | Han, Tang, Tocharian | Achaemenid Persian, Parthian, Sasanian, Islamic / Medieval | Nabataean, Roman, Byzantine |
| Evidence & Interpretation | 2✓ 1? 1✗ | 2✓ 1? 0✗ | 2✓ 0? 1✗ | 3✓ 2? 2✗ |
| Wikipedia | 4.7K views/mo | 1.3K views/mo | 14.9K views/mo | 82.5K views/mo |