Intercourse between India and the Western World from the Earliest Times to the Fall of Rome c7.11
Intercourse between India and the Western World from the Earliest Times to the Fall of Rome c7.11
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² Alexander thought the Indus was the Nile, and the idea of Africa joining Asia was entertained by Ptolemy. On the other hand the fact that many voyagers attempted the circumnavigation of Africa points to the fact that the belief was not universally held. The word "Aethiopian" is really applied to Abyssinia (Itiopyavan), perhaps from Atyōb, incense.