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Assyrians under Alexander the Great (1)

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12 Assyrian Identity




07 Crafts and economy


Keywords
Alexander
Assyrians
trade
Period
2nd century CE
Channel
Roman philosophers and scholars


Text
Arrian, Indica 32.8:
They moored at an inhabited place called Badis, in Carmania; with many cultivated trees growing, except the olive tree, and good vines; it also produced corn. Thence they set out and voyaged eight hundred stades, and moored off a desert shore; and they sighted a long cape jutting out far into the ocean; it seemed as if the headland itself was a day’s sail away. Those who had knowledge of the district said that this promontory belonged to Arabia, and was called Maceta; and that thence the Assyrians imported cinnamon and other spices.


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Arrian, Indica 32.8

Bibliography

Brunt 1976-1983Brunt, P. A. Arrian. 2 Vols. Loeb Classical Library. Cambridge MA: Harvard University Press, London: Heinemann 1976-1983.

Simo Parpola


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