800 ई.पू. – 570 ईस्वी · 1 स्थल
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Oldest Monument in Asia
800 ई.पू. – 570 ईस्वी
The monumental earthen and stone dam that irrigated the oasis of Marib, capital of the Sabaean kingdom in ancient Yemen — one of the largest hydraulic works of the ancient Near East, sustaining intensive agriculture for more than a millennium before catastrophic breaches in late antiquity.