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I have a question. This might be very specific, but what would you say were the key elements of Hellenistic-era kingship?

 

From a potentially ignorant perspective, there's a reason as to why I asked, I'd say that the Hellenic legacy, the ruler-cults, being a patron of the arts and later a patron of the Greeks (hence the "Freedom for the Greeks" thing that went on as a major thing). But there were of course lots of difference between a Selecuid king and a Ptolomaid kings in for example the, in my eyes, extreme lengths the Ptolomids went to ensure no one outside their family would gain a claim to their crown.

 

Forget about it, maybe it was an unnecessary question although its something which I have wondered about for some time.

 

Do you know about how the Arabs seemed to be so effective during the rise of the Islamic golden age? Even when outnumbered in the field?

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Oh. I thought you might have an idea after you said up to around 8th century.

 

Were there emissaries from the nearby powers in East Africa? And how valid is the claim the Phoenicians sailed along Africa?

 

Aksum was fairly influential in the east and west trading routes, so I'm fairly sure they had relations with Rome. I'm not sure about earlier East African powers.

The Phoenician presence in the Red Sea was fairly limited. Carthaginian explorer Hanno the Navigator led an expedition that extended quite a ways down the coast of West Africa, though. I found a page with some info on the Phoenician's trading.

Phoenicia, Phoenician Trade & Ships

 

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