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Maka
Maka: satrapy of the ancient Achaemenid Empire, modern Oman. Map of the Persian Gulf and Indian Ocean The name Maka for what…
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Margiana
Margiana (Old Persian Marguš): oasis in the Karakum desert, modern Mary (or Merv) in the southeast of Turkmenistan.Bronze Age Margiana was situated on the boards of the river Murghab; this river, which was called Margos by the ancient Greeks, has its…Moab
Moab: Bronze and Iron Age kingdom, directly east of the Dead Sea, situated in modern Jordan. Map of Moab and its…Numidia
Numidia: ancient country to the west of the territories of Carthage, more or less modern Algeria. There were two main units, named after the Massylians and the Masaeisylians, which are more or less identical to the Roman provinces Numidia and…The Edges of the Earth (3)
The first author to describe the Low Countries was Pytheas of Massilia, who passed along the coast of Flanders and Holland in his way to the amber island Helgoland in c.325 BCE. He noted that in these regions, more people…