Arabs as City Builders in Ancient Texts
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Historical books refer to the Arabs as builders and inhabitants of cities, not merely as nomads.
Pliny mentions that the Arab king Aspasin, king of Mesene, restored and rebuilt the city of Charax.
Juba states that the famous city of Heliopolis (Ain Shams today) in Egypt was founded by a group of Arabs.
[ Arabs, Arabias and Arabic before Late Antiquity , M. C. A. Macdonald p284 ]
[ Pliny 6.139 , 6.177 ]
