Talk:Abyssinia

Latest comment: 1 day ago by Danny lost in topic Pausanias

Pausanias edit

I considered adding the following, but it seems that the knowledge transmitted by the ancient source is so meager, that it is pointless as it stands:

Pausanias mentioned a with some uncertainty Abasa as an island in or near the red sea, next to the land of Seres in which a kind of silk is produced.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Pausanias, Description of Greece, Elis 2, chapter 26 |url=http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0525.tlg001.perseus-eng1:6.26 |access-date=2024-05-20 |website=www.perseus.tufts.edu}}</ref>

trespassers william (talk) 20:32, 20 May 2024 (UTC)Reply