300: Marcus's Historical Account: Philosturgius's "Syrians" on the East African Shore, Abyssinians called Jews? (jan 1, 300 – jan 1, 300)

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"A learned Jew, of the name of Marcus, has given an extract from Philosturgius, a Greek of the fourth century, who says, that the inhabitants of the East shore of Africa, as far as Cape Guardafui, were called Σύροι (Syrians???), and were tout-a-fait basanes par la chaleur du soleil (completely scalded by the heat of the sun") or nearly blacks. These Σύροι I suppose to have been the same people who were called Σύροι and φαννοι in the Mesopotamia between the Indus and the Ganges. M. Marcus observes, that the Geez translate the word Σύροι by Saman, which resembles Samen. Claudien calls the Abyssinians Judeaei"

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https://archive.org/details/anacalypsisattem01higg/page/602/mode/2up

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