Illustrated Armenia and the Armenians . Of J\fK^^DYNASTY OF ARMENIAN HAIK. AND THE ARMENIANS. 37 the ancient inhabitants at Armenia. Grimms view that Togar-niah is composed of t\vo elements, Taka, which, in Sanskrit,is tribe, or race, and Armah, (Armenia), may well be ac-cepted. The Armenian tradition which derived the Haikianrace from Torgom, as it can scarcely be a coincidence, mustbe regarded as having considerable value. Now, the existingArmenians, the legitimate descendants of those who occupiedthe country in the time of Ezekiel, speak a language whichmodern ethnologists pronounce
Illustrated Armenia and the Armenians . Of J\fK^^DYNASTY OF ARMENIAN HAIK. AND THE ARMENIANS. 37 the ancient inhabitants at Armenia. Grimms view that Togar-niah is composed of t\vo elements, Taka, which, in Sanskrit,is tribe, or race, and Armah, (Armenia), may well be ac-cepted. The Armenian tradition which derived the Haikianrace from Torgom, as it can scarcely be a coincidence, mustbe regarded as having considerable value. Now, the existingArmenians, the legitimate descendants of those who occupiedthe country in the time of Ezekiel, speak a language whichmodern ethnologists pronounce to be decidedly Indo-Euro-pean; and thus, so far, the modern science confirms the Scrip-tural account. Haik, the son of Torgarmah, like the rest of the descend-ants of Noah, was in pursuit of a new location for himself andhis posterity, and had descended with the multitude into thecountry of Shinar of Mesopotamia. Here the people, for fear ofanother destructive flood, attempted to build a high tower, theTower of Babel. Haik and his sons distinguished them-selves by wisdo
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