District XVII was, according to Herodotus, the 17th satrapy of the Achaemenid Empire. It comprised the Paricanians, "Asiatic Ethiopians" ("burnt faced ones",…
District XVII was, according to Herodotus, the 17th satrapy of the Achaemenid Empire. It comprised the Paricanians, "Asiatic Ethiopians" ("burnt faced ones", literally "dark skinned ones"; referring to Indian people), Oreitians, and Ichthyophagi.
See also Baluchistan
References
Gebaseerd op: Wikipedia — District XVII (satrapy) · auteursgeschiedenis.
Tekst: CC BY-SA 4.0.
Wikisyntaxis en sjablonen zijn verwijderd; langere teksten zijn ingekort.