District XVII (satrapy) explained

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";[1] referring to Indian people[2]), Oreitians, and Ichthyophagi.[3]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Mitchell . Daniel . 2022-10-11 . Ethiopians: Herodotos on southern peoples at the ends of the earth (mid-fifth century BCE) Ethnic Relations and Migration in the Ancient World: The Websites of Philip A. Harland . 2023-06-18 . en-US.
  2. Vasunia . Phiroze . 2016-03-01 . Ethiopia and India: Fusion and Confusion in British Orientalism . Les Cahiers d'Afrique de l'Est. en . 51 . 21–43 . 10.4000/eastafrica.314 . 164634787 . 2071-7245. free .
  3. Web site: Satraps and satrapies - Livius . 2023-06-18 . www.livius.org.

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