Cyclopedia universal history : embracing the most complete and recent presentation of the subject in two principal parts or divisions of more than six thousand pages . SULTAN MACOUD photograph by Madame Dieulafoy. scape, that a system of ethnic classifica-tion has been advanced from a purelyhistorical basis. It was known, or sus-pected, by the Romans and Greeks twothousand years ago that they were re-lated in their descent. Later on it be-came known that such peoples as theMedes and Persians were of the samerace-origin with the Macedonians and 416 GREAT RACES OF MANKIND. the Hellenes.
Cyclopedia universal history : embracing the most complete and recent presentation of the subject in two principal parts or divisions of more than six thousand pages . SULTAN MACOUD photograph by Madame Dieulafoy. scape, that a system of ethnic classifica-tion has been advanced from a purelyhistorical basis. It was known, or sus-pected, by the Romans and Greeks twothousand years ago that they were re-lated in their descent. Later on it be-came known that such peoples as theMedes and Persians were of the samerace-origin with the Macedonians and 416 GREAT RACES OF MANKIND. the Hellenes. In still more recent timesit was discovered that the Teutonic raceshad an ethnic affinity with the Grseco-Italic family and with the Celts of West-ern Europe. Still more recently it be-came known that the Hindu races weredescended, in all probability, from acommon origin with the Greeks, the Ro-mans, and the Teutonic branches of man-kind. A still hieher view Glimpses of a ?wide application of the whole question has of this method. 11, ,1 -it, /.,-, -, led to the belief of the ul-timate affinity of the Semitic nations withthe great peoples mentioned above, and. SEMITIC TYPE—THF ARAB BENI by H Thimt, from t photograph by Madame Dieulafoj. of the Hamites with all the rest. Asthe historical horizon has widened andthe vision of the observer has becomeclearer with the increase of knowledge,the true relations of the various familiesof men have been discovered to the ex-tent of warranting a classification on thebasis of actual history; and many at-tempts have been made to produce onthis basis a scheme of ethnic dispersionas broad and comprehensive as the far-reaching facts which it is intended toexplain. As a result of this method, several races of men have been distinguishedfrom each other and classified accordingto their ethnic descent and affinities. 1. The Indo-European Race.—It hasbeen definitely ascertained that two ofthe great Asiatic families Meaning andand at le
Size: 1489px × 1678px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1800, bookdecad, booksubjectworldhistory, bookyear1895
