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Colchis

In ancient geography, a territory situated on the east coast of the Black Sea, along the River Rioni, south of the Caucasus Mountains. Now part of Georgia, it is a swampy low-lying region with a subtropical climate. Citrus fruits, tea, and grain crops (chiefly maize) are cultivated, and linen has been manufactured here since antiquity.

Colchis was noted in Greek mythology as a realm of sorcery, the land of Medea and the goal of Jason's search for the Golden Fleece.



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In Book II, Chapter 104, of his history he says: 'I believe the Colchians are the color of Egyptians, because like them they have black skin and wooly hair.
1: 1998-2002: Greeks and Colchians on the east coast of the Black Sea.
 
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