Erythraean Sea

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ancient name of water between the Horn of Africa and the Arabian peninsula

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Ancient name of water between the Horn of Africa and the Arabian peninsula

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The Erythraean Sea was a former maritime designation that always included the Gulf of Aden, and at times other seas between Arabia Felix and the Horn of Africa. Originally an ancient Greek geographical designation, the term was used throughout Europe until the 18th and 19th centuries. The area referred to by this name frequently extended beyond the Gulf of Aden???as in the famous 1st-century Periplus of the Erythraean Sea???to designate all of the present-day Red Sea, Arabian Sea, Persian Gulf, and Indian Ocean as a single maritime area.

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