Christopher and Cosmas (fl. 1587–1592), Japanese explorers Cosmas Damian Asam (1686-1739), German painter and architect Cosmas Indicopleustes (fl. 6th century... 3 KB (467 words) - 06:43, 30 October 2023 |
Mihirakula (section Cosmas Indicopleustes) did not patronize Buddhism. The 6th-century Alexandrian traveler Cosmas Indicopleustes states that the Hephthalites in India reached the zenith of its... 25 KB (2,876 words) - 04:46, 12 April 2024 |
Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, Hofburg, Vienna. Around 550 Cosmas Indicopleustes wrote the copiously illustrated Christian Topography, a work partly... 73 KB (8,674 words) - 08:07, 15 April 2024 |
4th century CE) called the island Sinhala (or the Lion kingdom). Cosmas Indicopleustes (6th century CE) named it Σιελεδίβα : Sielediba or SieleDiva (Diva... 21 KB (2,507 words) - 19:27, 22 April 2024 |
not submerged!" "Cosmas Indicopleustes, Christian Topography. Preface to the online edition". www.ccel.org. "Cosmas Indicopleustes, Christian Topography... 76 KB (8,798 words) - 19:00, 30 April 2024 |
archaeologists, it is known about through the copying of the inscription by Cosmas Indicopleustes, a 6th-century Greek traveler-monk. The text narrates the king's... 12 KB (1,585 words) - 19:59, 6 April 2024 |
the term Tigray, first appears in a 10th-century gloss to Cosmas Indicopleustes Indicopleustes, i.e. after the Aksumite period; according to this source... 27 KB (2,850 words) - 10:11, 26 March 2024 |
Earth. The last Greek author known to maintain this position was Cosmas Indicopleustes in the 6th century AD. All models of early Greek cosmology shared... 16 KB (2,348 words) - 06:15, 28 April 2024 |
five books written by Cosmas Indicopleustes and expanded to ten and eventually to twelve books at around 550 AD. Cosmas Indicopleustes, the author of the... 10 KB (1,226 words) - 13:18, 26 April 2024 |
) as an animal-based fragrance. The 6th-century Greek explorer Cosmas Indicopleustes mentioned it as a product obtained from India. Soon afterwards Arab... 7 KB (881 words) - 23:01, 17 April 2024 |
Rhapta. Rhapta is also mentioned by Stephanus of Byzantium and Cosmas Indicopleustes. Stephanus of Byzantium and Ptolemy write that Rhapta was a metropolis... 10 KB (1,225 words) - 03:24, 27 April 2024 |
established between tribes in Africa in their trade with India. Cosmas Indicopleustes describes this practiced in Azania, where officials from Axum traded... 6 KB (907 words) - 20:09, 21 April 2024 |
Antonio Garzya (section Cosmas Indicopleustes) edited a translation and commentary of the first five books of Cosmas Indicopleustes' "Christian Topography" (1992). In the 1990s he became increasingly... 19 KB (1,783 words) - 15:10, 8 December 2023 |
divisions of the Byzantine or Eastern Roman Empire. Cosmas Indicopleustes, (6th century) also known as "Cosmas the Monk", was an Alexandrian merchant. By the... 73 KB (9,472 words) - 11:10, 26 March 2024 |
far as Tang-dynasty China. ~550: Byzantine traveler and author Cosmas Indicopleustes completes his work Christian Topography describing geographical... 23 KB (2,852 words) - 12:46, 29 March 2024 |