Talk:Characene

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I remember reading that there was supposed to be a relatively strong Arab presence or connection... AnonMoos 08:28, 10 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] is Characene

is Characene Arabian kingdom ? if not .. then what is the language of them —Preceding unsigned comment added by 89.139.77.3 (talk) 09:33, 18 January 2008 (UTC)

Arabs probably made up a significant proportion of the population (or at least of the ruling elite), according to Colin McEvedy's Penguin Atlas of Ancient History, though the main trade languages and probable languages of administration were Aramaic and Greek... AnonMoos (talk) 15:17, 18 January 2008 (UTC)

Pliny the Elder said the king of Characene and the kingdom belong were Arabs (Pliniy, Nat. Hist. VI 138-39) -- Udimu (talk) 19:22, 18 January 2008 (UTC)