Mythical Kingdom Of Prester John – Did It Exist?
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - The legend of Prester John arose during the Crusades, when European Christians hoped to regain the Holy Land (Palestine) from the Muslims.
Preste" as the Emperor of Ethiopia, enthroned on a map of East Africa in an atlas prepared by the Portuguese for Queen Mary, 1558. (British Library)
Prester John was said to be a wealthy Christian king and priest with a kingdom located somewhere outside of the Western European realm. With limited access to proper maps and many still unexplored places, there was great confusion about where his powerful kingdom was located.
During the Middle Ages, people thought the legendary kingdom of Prester John was in the Far East, India, and, finally, the interior of Africa.
Did the mythical kingdom of Prester John really exist?
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