Amasis made friends and allies of the people of Shahhat [21.866,32.833] (inhabited place), Al Jabal al Akhdar, Libya, Africa Cyrene . And he decided to marry from there, either because he had his heart set on a Greek wife, or for the sake of the Corcyreans' friendship;
Histories. Herodotus. ed. A.D. Godley. Cambridge. 1920-1925.
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