Carmania
Carmania ( ancient Greek Καρμανία , Latin Carmania ) is an ancient landscape in the south of present-day Iran . It borders the Persis in the west, the Parthyene in the north, Gedrosien in the east, and the Persian Gulf in the south . It was first mentioned by the historian Polybius , but Herodotus already named a Persian tribe of the Γερμάνιοι Germánioi in his histories , which Strabo and Diodorus took over.
The landscape is mostly barren mountainous country that turns into a desert in the north. Arrian highlights the fertility of the karmanic soil. The main town Κάρμανα Kármana is now called Kerman and is the capital of the province of Kerman .
literature
- Hans Treidler : Karmania. In: The Little Pauly (KlP). Volume 3, Stuttgart 1969, Col. 122.