Aethiopia (in some Greek and Latin sources)
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Aethiopia, in some Greek and Latin sources, refers to the ancient region known as Cush, generally associated with areas south of Egypt in northeastern Africa.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Aethiopia | 0 |
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient geographical term
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exonym ⓘ historical region ⓘ |
| appearsInSourceType |
ancient ethnography
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classical geography ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Kingdom of Kush
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Nubia NERFINISHED ⓘ Red Sea regions ⓘ Upper Nile region NERFINISHED ⓘ areas south of Aswan ⓘ |
| associatedWithModernRegion | Northeast Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| broaderThan | Kingdom of Kush NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| contrastedWith | Egypt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| culturallyAssociatedWith | dark-skinned populations ⓘ |
| describedAs | region at the edge of the known world ⓘ |
| hasConceptualBoundary | imprecise ⓘ |
| hasEtymologyMeaning | land of burnt-faced people ⓘ |
| hasNameInGreek | Αἰθιοπία NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNameInLatin | Aethiopia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasRoleIn | ancient Greek worldview of distant peoples ⓘ |
| knownFromAuthor |
Diodorus Siculus
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Herodotus NERFINISHED ⓘ Pliny the Elder NERFINISHED ⓘ Ptolemy NERFINISHED ⓘ Strabo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfEtymology | Ancient Greek NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedSouthOf | Ancient Egypt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mappedAs | southern limit of the inhabited world (oikoumene) in some Greek sources ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
Greek literature
ⓘ
Latin literature ⓘ |
| notIdenticalTo | modern Ethiopia ⓘ |
| overlapsWith |
parts of modern Eritrea
ⓘ
parts of modern Ethiopia ⓘ parts of modern South Sudan ⓘ parts of modern Sudan ⓘ |
| refersTo | Cush NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedTo | Biblical Cush NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriodUsed |
Archaic Greece
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Classical Antiquity ⓘ Hellenistic period NERFINISHED ⓘ Roman period NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Ancient Greek authors
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Ancient Roman authors NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedIn |
historical narratives
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mythological narratives ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.