The Boat of a Million Years

Glossary

Chinese names are transcribed according to the Wade-Giles system. This probably remains somewhat more familiar to Anglophone readers than Pinyin or Yale, and is no more inaccurate a rendition of ancient or regional pronunciations.

Armorica: Brittany.

Berytus: Beirut.

Bravellir: Probably near modern Norrkoping, Sweden.

Britannia: England and Wales.

Burdigala: Bordeaux.

Ch’ang-an: Near modern Sian (Pinyin “Xian”).

Constantinople: Istanbul.

Damasek: Damascus.

Dumnonia: Cornwall and Devon.

Duranius: The River Dordogne.

Emesa: Horns.

Falemia: An area in the region of Naples, anciently noted for its wines.

Gadeira: Cadiz (Lathi “Gades,” Semitic “Agadir”).

Gallia: Gaul, France with parts of Belgium, Germany, and Switzerland.

Gardhariki: Western Russia.

Garumna: The River Garonne.

Gauiland: Southern Sweden, apparently between Scania and Lake Vanern.

Hetan-kyo: Kyoto.

Hleidhra: Lejre, in Denmark.

Khalep: Aleppo.

Kiyiv: Kiev.

Lakota: Dakota (Sioux).

Lugdunensis: A province in Gaul, comprising most of north-em and a fair portion of central France.

Lugdunum: Lyons.

Makkah: Mecca.

Massalia: Marseilles (Latin “Massilia”).

Medinat Rasul Allah: Medina.

Nidharos: Trondheim, in Norway.

Pariki: Pawnee.

Peking: Beijing.

Poitou: Former French province, now divided into the departments of La Vend6e, Deux-Sevres, and Vienne.

Pretania: Britain, including Scotland.

Sor: Tyre.

Stalingrad: Volgograd.

Syria: A province of the Roman (later the East Roman or Byzantine) Empire, approximately the same as the modern country.

Tadmor: Palmyra, in Syria.

Tartessos: Southwestern Iberia (conjectural).

Thule: Southern Norway (conjectural).

Tripolis: Tripoli, in Lebanon, also known anciently as “Tarabulus.”

Wendiand: A region bordering on the southern Baltic shores.

Wichita mountains: in southwestern Oklahoma.

Yathrib: Original name of Medina.