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In my opinion, there is in no part of Libya [17,25] (nation), AfricaLibya any great excellence for which it should be compared to Asia (continent)Asia or Europe (continent)Europe, except in the region which is called by the same name as its river, Cinyps.
In my opinion, there is in no part of Libya [17,25] (nation), AfricaLibya any great excellence for which it should be compared to Asia (continent)Asia or Europe (continent)Europe, except in the region which is called by the same name as its river, Cinyps.
[2] But this region is a match for the most fertile farmland in the world, nor is it at all like to the rest of
Libya [17,25] (nation), AfricaLibya. For the soil is black and well-watered by springs, and has no fear of drought, nor is it harmed by drinking excessive showers (there is rain in this part of
Libya [17,25] (nation), AfricaLibya). Its yield of grain is of the same measure as in the land of
Babylon [44.4,32.55] (deserted settlement), Babil, Iraq, AsiaBabylon.
[3] The land inhabited by the
Euhesperitae is also good; it yields at the most a hundredfold; but the land of the
Cinyps region yields three hundredfold.
Histories. Herodotus. ed. A.D. Godley. Cambridge. 1920-1925.
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