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p;century, condemned Cosmas’ writing as being below mediocrity in style, and faulty in its syntax. See Cosmas, The Christian Topography, introduction, p. iii.
[9] R. Gauthiot, Toung Pao, 1913; B. Laufer, Sino-Iranica: Chinese Contribution to the History of Civilization in Ancient Iran, (Chicago, 1919, tr. by Lin Jun-yin) Beijing, 1964, pp. 403-4.
[10] Cosmas, The Christian Topography, p. 39.
[11] Cosmas, The Christian Topography, p. 47.
[12] According to Procopius, the Emperor Justinian I (527-565) sent, presumably in 531 AD, an envoy to the Ethiopians, requested the Ethiopians that they should buy silk from India (Ceylon) and sell it to the Romans, thus they would make a lot of money, while the Romans profit in only one way, namely that they would no longer be compelled to pay their money over to their enenmy (the Persians). The Ethiopians accepted the proposal, but they were not able to fulfil their promise, for “the Persian merchants always located themselves at the very harbour where the Indian shops first put in, (since they inhabit the adjoining country) and are accustomed to buy << 上一页 [21] [22] [23] [24] [25] [26] 下一页 |
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