What was the kingdom that Mansfield Parkyns traveled around and is also known as Abyssinia?
Mansfield Parkyns Mansfield Parkyns (16 February 1823 – 12 January 1894) was an English traveller, known for his travel book "Life in Abyssinia: being notes collected during three years' residence and travels in that country" (1853). In this book he described his experiences and observations during three years (1843–1846) travels in Abyssinia, the modern territories of Eritrea and Ethiopia.
Alodia Alodia, also referred to as Alwa or Aloa, was a medieval Nubian kingdom in what is now Sudan. Its capital was Soba, located near the confluence of the Blue and White Nile. Compared to its two contemporary Nubian kingdoms to the north, Nobatia and Makuria, Alodia is still rather poorly understood. This is mostly due to the scarcity of written sources, as well as the limited amount of fieldwork undertaken in its territory, with the only noteworthy exception being the capital itself. These deficits become especially visible when attempting to reconstruct its political history, which, despite its existence of almost 1,000 years, is virtually unknown.