The Pillars in Syriac Geography
Syriac scholars were aware of the Pillars via their efforts to translate Greek scientific works into their language as well as into Arabic. The Syriac compendium of knowledge known as the Cause of all Causes is unusual in asserting that there were three, not two, columns
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