Gerrha

Gerrha was an ancient trading city in the Arabian Peninsula, to the east coast. She was especially known for its richness through the incense trade. Their localization is controversial. In recent research, there are attempts to equate them with Thaj or Uqair.

According to Strabo and Pliny the Elder, the houses of the city said to have been built of salt blocks. Some ancient writers describe the town situated on the coast, others lying in domestic. Strabo also reports that the city has been built by exiles from Babylon. In the year 206/ 05 BC the Seleucid king Antiochus III moved. against the city. The city paid the high tribute rulers to preserve their independence. After the first century AD, the city disappears from the ancient sources, so probably lost in importance.