Aden Tank

Japanese: アデン・タンク - あでんたんく
Aden Tank

...Private investment has stagnated due to the government's nationalization policy, and in 1977 British Petroleum in Little Aden was nationalized, and two-thirds of the stores in the once bustling main street are now closed. There are ruins of the Aden Tanks, which are said to have been built by the Himyar Kingdom in the 1st century AD and consist of 18 dams of various sizes connected by waterways. [Kazuko Shiojiri]...

*Some of the terminology that refers to the "Aden Tank" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…政府の国有化政策によって民間投資は沈滞し,77年リトル・アデンのブリティッシュ・ペトロリアムも国有化され,かつてにぎわった目抜通りも3分の2は店を閉めている。紀元1世紀ころヒムヤル王国によって建設されたといわれ,大小18個のダムが水路で結ばれたアデン・タンクの遺跡がある。【塩尻 和子】。…

※「アデン・タンク」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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