Where is Maʾrib located?

Maʾrib is a city and historic site in north-central Yemen. The ancient city of Maʾrib was the principal center of the pre-Islamic kingdom of Sabaʾ (950–115 bce). It was situated in a fertile oasis, irrigated by the Maʾrib Dam’s impounded waters, and modern historians consider it “the Paris of the ancient world.” Maʾrib was positioned on a main caravan route linking the Mediterranean world and the Arabian Peninsula and prospered from its trade monopoly on frankincense and myrrh from Yemen and the southern coastal region of Hadhramaut.