Gerrha

Gerrha was a state in Arabia (Middle East) that lasted from c. 650 BCE to 300 CE, about 949 years. Its people spoke Arabic languages (Arabic-speaking states).

Wealthy trading city on the Gulf coast of eastern Arabia that moved Indian and Arabian goods overland. Antiochus III spared it in 205 BCE in return for silver, frankincense and myrrh.

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Facts

Dates

c. 650 BCE to 300 CE

Duration

949 years

Type

State

Region

Arabia, Middle East

Language family

Arabic

Events in Middle East during its time

• 612 BCE Fall of Nineveh
• 587 BCE Destruction of Jerusalem
• 539 BCE Cyrus takes Babylon
• 331 BCE Battle of Gaugamela
• 53 BCE Battle of Carrhae
• 30 Crucifixion of Jesus
• 70 Romans destroy the Second Temple

Neighbours in Middle East

• Parthian Empire 247 BCE to 224 CE
• Sasanian Empire 224 to 651 CE
• Neo-Assyrian Empire 911 to 609 BCE
• Achaemenid Empire 550 to 330 BCE
• Empire of Alexander the Great 334 to 312 BCE
• Kingdom of Saba c. 1000 BCE to 275 CE
• Greek cities of Asia Minor c. 1050 to 129 BCE
• Kingdom of Iberia (Kartli) c. 302 BCE to 580 CE
• Phoenician city-states c. 1200 to 332 BCE
• Himyarite Kingdom c. 110 BCE to 525 CE

Elsewhere in the world at the same time

• Ghana Empire (Wagadu) c. 300 to 1200 CE, North and West Africa
• Kingdom of Aksum c. 100 to 940 CE, North and West Africa
• Moche (Mochica) c. 100 to 800 CE, South America
• Carthage c. 814 to 146 BCE, North and West Africa
• Teotihuacan c. 100 BCE to 550 CE, Mesoamerica and Caribbean
• Roman Republic 509 to 27 BCE, Europe
• Greek city-states c. 800 to 338 BCE, Europe
• Roman Empire 27 BCE to 395 CE, Europe
• Kushan Empire c. 30 to 375 CE, South Asia
• Xiongnu Empire c. 209 BCE to 93 CE, Central and North Asia

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