Reconstruction of the Oikumene (inhabited world) as described by Herodotus in the 5th century BC.
The Macrobians (Μακροβίοι) were a legendary people and kingdom positioned in the Horn of Africa mentioned by Herodotus..It is one of the legendary peoples postulated at the extremity of the known world (from the perspective of the Greeks), in this case in the extreme south, contrasting with the Hyperboreans in the extreme north.
Their name is due to their legendary longevity, an average person supposedly living to the age of 120.[1] They were said to be the "tallest and handsomest of all men".[2]
At the same time, they were reported as being physically distinct from the general inhabitants of the region below the Sahara.[3][4][2]
^The Geography of Herodotus: Illustrated from Modern Researches and Discoveries by James Talboys Wheeler pg 528.
The British Critic, Quarterly Theological Review, And Ecclesiastical Record Volume 11 pg 434
^ abWheeler pg 526
^John Kitto, John Taylor, The Popular Cyclopædia of Biblical Literature: condensed from the larger work, (Gould and Lincoln: 1856), pp. 275-276.
^The Geography of Herodotus: Illustrated from Modern Researches and Discoveries by James Talboys Wheeler pg 528.
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then, they should thank the gods that the Macrobians never decided to invade their empire. The Macrobians were a regional power reputed for their advanced...
Prehistory Laas Geel (3,500-2,500 BCE ) Land of Punt (2,500–1,500 BCE) Ancient Macrobians Ancient Somali City-States (c. 1st century) Azania city-states (c. 1st...
000 BC) Dhaymoole (5,000~3,500 BC) Ancient Land of Punt (2500~2000 BC) Macrobians (525 BC) Land of the Berbers Malao • Mosylon Middle Ages Kingdom of Adal...
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000 BC) Dhaymoole (5,000~3,500 BC) Ancient Land of Punt (2500~2000 BC) Macrobians (525 BC) Land of the Berbers Malao • Mosylon Middle Ages Kingdom of Adal...
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