The city of Ma’rib in what is now Yemen was home to the wealthy ancient Saba, or Sheba, civilization from 950 to 115 BC. A massive stone dam and advanced irrigation made the area a green oasis for traders, and the people tended trees that produced valuable frankincense and myrrh.
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