Where Did the Periplus Come from?
"The Red Sea") Was an Ancient Geographical Designation That Always Included the Gulf of Aden Between Arabia Felix and the Horn of Africa and Was Often Extended...
"the Red Sea") was an ancient geographical designation that always included the Gulf of Aden between Arabia Felix and the Horn of Africa and was often extended (as in this periplus) to include the present-day Red Sea, Persian Gulf, and Indian Ocean as a single maritime area.
What is the meaning of Greek word Periplus?
1 : a voyage or a trip around something (as an island or a coast) : circuit, circumnavigation. 2 : an account of a circumnavigation.
When was Periplus written?
…the anonymous Greek travel book Periplus Maris Erythraei, written in the 1st century ce, Adulis is described as an “open harbour” containing a settlement of Greco-Roman merchants.
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