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The great wall of Awwam ( ar, سور أوام العظيم), also called the Awwam enclosure, is an ancient Awwam enclosure
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The earliest inscription found about the gardens' massive enclosure was by Mukarrib Yada`'il Dharih in the 7th century BCE. The enclosure is defined by a massive oval shaped wall, measuring approximately 757 m long and 13 m high, however the original height can't be determined for certainty, and it's difficult to assess its full extent.
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*Sabaeans, ancient people in South Arabia
**Sabaean language, Old South Arabian language
*Sabians, name of a religious group mentioned in the Quran, historically adopted by:
**Mandaeans, Gnostic sect from the marshl ...
wall that surrounds the gardens and the holy sites of Awwam
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in Yemen
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History
The earliest inscription found about the gardens' massive enclosure was by Mukarrib Yada`'il Dharih in the 7th century BCE. The enclosure is defined by a massive oval shaped wall, measuring approximately 757 m long and 13 m high, however the original height can't be determined for certainty, and it's difficult to assess its full extent.
Bibliography
* Francis D. K. Ching, Mark Jarzombek, and Vikramaditya Prakash, A Global History of Architecture, Third edition. ed. (Hoboken, New Jersey: Wiley, 2017).References
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