Title: "From India to Ethiopia" and from "The Hellespont to India" (The Imperial Outlook)
Abstract:The Greek view, expressed by the pseudo-Aristotelian work, tells of the huge empire from India to the Hellespont (Ionia). Despite their political independence the Greek city-states in the 5th- 6th cen...The Greek view, expressed by the pseudo-Aristotelian work, tells of the huge empire from India to the Hellespont (Ionia). Despite their political independence the Greek city-states in the 5th- 6th centuries BCE were dominated by the proximity of the Persian Empire, and maintained political, economic, and military links with it. Naturally, for the Greeks the most important factor were these points of territory that linked them with the empire. The Jewish view was expressed in Judah, or in the chief countries of the Jewish Diaspora in Persian times (Babylonia, Persia, and Egypt), and it drew the line from India in the east through Persia, Mesopotamia (Babylonia), Syria-Palestine (including Judah), and Egypt, to Nubia in the south. These, then, are different views, of the same thing, namely the Persian Empire. Each can be explained from the viewpoint of the circles that expressed it, and they do not contradict each other. Keywords: Greek view; Hellespont; India; Jewish view; Persian empireRead More
Publication Year: 2000
Publication Date: 2000-01-01
Language: en
Type: book-chapter
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