Scylax of Caryanda Timeline Game
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About This Challenge
Explore the ancient world with the timeline game, connecting historical events to the travels of Scylax of Caryanda. Test your knowledge and see if you can place events in their correct chronological order!
- Learn about the journeys of Scylax of Caryanda
- Discover key historical events from the ancient world
- Challenge yourself to place events in the correct order
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- c. 515 BCE: Scylax of Caryanda embarks on a voyage commissioned by the Persian king Darius I
- c. 515 BCE: Scylax travels along the Indus River and reaches the Indian Ocean
- c. 515 BCE: Scylax explores the coastline of the Arabian Peninsula
- c. 515 BCE: Scylax reaches the Red Sea and continues his exploration
- c. 515 BCE: Scylax sails along the coast of Africa, possibly reaching as far as the Horn of Africa
- c. 515 BCE: Scylax returns to Persia and presents his findings to Darius I
- c. 515 BCE: Scylax's voyage is recorded in a work titled 'Periplus'
- c. 515 BCE: Scylax's work becomes a valuable source of geographical knowledge for the ancient world
- c. 5th century BCE: Scylax is mentioned by later ancient authors such as Herodotus and Strabo
- c. 5th century BCE: Scylax's work influences later explorers and geographers in their own voyages and writings
- c. 2nd century CE: Scylax's 'Periplus' is used by the Greek historian Arrian in his 'Indica'
- c. 2nd-16th centuries CE: Scylax's work continues to be referenced in medieval and Renaissance writings on geography and exploration
- Ongoing: Scylax's legacy as an ancient explorer and geographer endures in the scholarly literature on ancient travel and discovery