Meluhha, Gerrha, and the Emirates

Abstract

Identification of the land of the United Arab Emirates with the land Meluhha, which was mentioned in Assyrian - Babylonian cuneiform texts. Approximation of the location of the Ancient Aramaean city-state of Gerrha, which was a most wealthy trade center in the routes linking the Mediterranean world with India and China, and the East African coast with Central Asia. Extensive analysis of Ancient Greek texts and more particularly of Ptolemy's Geography