The Strange Races of Chaldea The foundations of ancient Chaldea were laid as early as those of Egypt. In fact, they were the sister colonies of a parent state. The earliest civilized inhabitants were Sumerians. 5000 B. C. the land was full of city-states. The Sanskrit books of India, called Chaldea one of the divisions […]
This is a pioneering, long-lost, work of Afrocentric history. Drusilla Dunjee Houston, (1876-1941) was a teacher, journalist and self-taught historian. Inspired by W.E.B. DuBois’ The Negro, Houston undertook a life-long quest to discover African history from an African-American perspective. Today it is clear that conventional historians’ fixation on ‘Dead White Men’ misses huge parts of the […]
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 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 […]
Babylonia the Land of Marvels Across the Mesopotamian plain flows two great rivers the rise in the Armenian mountains. These two great streams flowing from different angles, finally unite and enter the Persian Gulf. Here we find a rich alluvial delta like that of the Nile. North of this flat area rises the Chaldean plain, […]
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 […]
1. Summary of the astounding contents of Books I and II. 2. The Growing Need of Light Upon Race Origins. Chapter: 1. ANCIENT CUSHITE EMPIRE OF ETHIOPIANS. 1. The Distance of the Empire in Hoary Ages. 2. It’s Spread Over Europe, Asia, Africa, and America. 3. It’s Kings the Mysterious Gods of Ancient Mythology. 2. […]
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 […]
The Origin of Civilization “Lift up your heads, discouraged and downtrodden Ethiopians. Listen to this marvelous story told of your ancestors, who wrought mightily for mankind and built the foundations of civilization true and square in the days of old.” Drusilla Dunjee Houston The minds of men today are stirred with eager questionings about the […]
BY DRUSILLA DUNJEE HOUSTON The excavations of Petrie revealed in Egypt the remains of a distinct race that preceded the historic Egyptians. The earliest civilization was higher than that of the later dynasties. Its purer art represents an “Old Race” that fills all the background of the pre-historic ages. It colonized the first civilized centers […]
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