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Thinae ( Greek: Θῖναι, or Σῖναι), or Thina ( Θῖνα), Arr. ''Per. M. Erythr.'' p. 36. was a capital city of the Sinae (modern
"Sinae"
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Berlin: G. Reimer. p. 199. oston: De Gruyter, 2018 * Schoff, Wilfred H. (1912). ''The Periplus of the Erythraean Sea: Travel and Trade in the Indian Ocean by a Merchant of the First Century''. London, Bombay and Calcutta: Longmans, Green, and Co. p. 48. {{Authority control Greco-Roman ethnography Ancient cities
Thinae ( Greek: Θῖναι, or Σῖναι), or Thina ( Θῖνα), Arr. ''Per. M. Erythr.'' p. 36. was a capital city of the Sinae (modern China
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...
), who carried on there a large commerce in silk and woollen stuffs.Dyer 1857, p. 1174.
History
There appears to have been an ancient tradition that the city was surrounded with brazen walls; but Ptolemy remarks that these did not exist there, nor anything else worthy of remark. The ancient writers differ very considerably as to its situation. According to the most probable accounts it was either Nankin, or rather perhaps Thsin, Tin, or Tein, in the province of Schensi, where, according to the accounts of the Chinese themselves, the first kingdom of Sin, or China, was founded.See also
* Sino-Roman relations *Names of China
The names of China include the many contemporary and historical appellations given in various languages for the East Asian country known as ''Zhōngguó'' (/, "middle country") in its national language, Standard Mandarin. China, the name in Engl ...
* Silk Road
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* Tenduc
* Luoyang
References
Sources
* Dyer, Thomas H. (1857). "Thinae". In Smith, William (ed.). ''Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography
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''. Vol. 2: ''Iabadius–Zymethus''. London: Walton and Maberly. p. 1174.
* Karttunen, Klaus (2006)"Sinae"
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* Ritter, Carl (1833). ''Die Erdkunde im Verhältniß zur Natur und zur Geschichte des Menschen, oder allgemeine vergleichende Geographie, als sichere Grundlage des Studiums und Unterrichts in physicalischen und historischen Wissenschaften''Band 2: ''Der Nord-Osten und der Süden von Hoch-Asien''
Berlin: G. Reimer. p. 199. oston: De Gruyter, 2018 * Schoff, Wilfred H. (1912). ''The Periplus of the Erythraean Sea: Travel and Trade in the Indian Ocean by a Merchant of the First Century''. London, Bombay and Calcutta: Longmans, Green, and Co. p. 48. {{Authority control Greco-Roman ethnography Ancient cities