Built on the banks of the Euphrates, Mari was strategically situated at the crossroads of trade routes linking the Persian Gulf with Assyria, Mesopotamia, Anatolia, and the Mediterranean Coast.
लकड़ी, धातु और पत्थर जैसे असबाब, जिनकी मसोपोटामिया में भारी कमी थी, उन्हें मारे से ले जाया जाता था ।