In the mythology of the Greeks, we find the most probable origin of the Modes and the records of the Hindu give us the source of the Persians. Yet this may or may not have meant that they were of the same race. The Persians so famous under Cyrus were anciently called Elamites. The Code […]
BY DRUSILLA DUNJEE HOUSTON (1926) Because of the great lapse of time, it seems almost impossible to locate the original seat of the old Ethiopian empire. Bochart thought it was “Happy Araby,” that from this central point the Cushite race spread eastward and westward. Some authorities like Gesenius thought it was Africa. The Greeks looked […]
There was much disposition to underrate ancient civilization, until the recent finds of Egypt, which prove the height of the splendor of the ages that ancient tradition and records spoke of as the Golden Ages of antiquity. Rawlinson speaking in his Ancient Monarchies, concerning the Babylonians said, “Though not possessed of many natural advantages, the Chaldean […]
Asia is a continent in which republics were unusual in early ages. Here history reveals monarchies under despotic rulers, who were worshipped as though the subjects were mere slaves. India until late ages were under a very different form of government. In early Buddhist times, we find the land full of aristocratic republics. This was […]
M. Chabas regards a space at least of 4000 years, preceding the first Dynasty as absolutely necessary to such development as Egypt possessed at the time of the Fourth Dynasty. The art of the Old Empire was vigorous and full of original genius but the art of later times was stiff and conventional. The oldest religion had […]
The Marvelous Arabian Civilization Arabia was one of the earliest colonies of the ancient Cushite Empire of Ethiopians. Baldwin claims that it was the original land of Cush. He says, “In the oldest recorded traditions, Arabia is the land of Cush, the celebrated Ethiopia of very remote times.” He continues, “In ages older than Egypt […]
The native name of Egypt was Khem, the black land. The name came not so much from the color of the soil as the hue of the inhabitants. Egypt was called the “Gift of the Nile,” because Lower Egypt was formed out of soil brought down by the mighty river. Without the Nile, Egypt would be […]
The Rich Arabian Literature Gibbon speaks of the times of ignorance that preceded Mohammed. This is true if we speak of Semitic Arabia, but later research has revealed a different source for the literature of the land. Britannica says of Arabia (Vol. 2, p. 230), “Arabia if poor in monuments is superabundantly rich in manuscripts. There are […]
Arabia was once a portion of the ancient Cushite empire. Some authorities claim that it was the original seat of Ethiopian culture. The ordinary encyclopedia and historical book give but little light upon the early race life of Arabia. When our research has gone deeper we will find that the true ethnic story of […]
India has always been a land of mystery. The facts of her beginning and the origin of her culture have been the subject of much contradiction. Some would pronounce her a land of late development and that her rock-hewn temples and hoary monuments were built after the beginning of the Christian era. Rawlinson says of […]
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