. With the world's people : an account of the ethnic origin, primitive estate, early migrations, social evolution, and present conditions and promise of the principal families of men : together with a preliminary inquiry on the time, place and manner of the beginning . edto the production of the few articles de-manded by the domestic taste. Thesmall area of Palestine forbade a greatvariety of productions. Domestic tradewas of small importance to those whoseproducts were uniform throughout thecountry. In the beginning Israel had no sea-coast. Only in the age of the Hebrewascendency was the auth
. With the world's people : an account of the ethnic origin, primitive estate, early migrations, social evolution, and present conditions and promise of the principal families of men : together with a preliminary inquiry on the time, place and manner of the beginning . edto the production of the few articles de-manded by the domestic taste. Thesmall area of Palestine forbade a greatvariety of productions. Domestic tradewas of small importance to those whoseproducts were uniform throughout thecountry. In the beginning Israel had no sea-coast. Only in the age of the Hebrewascendency was the authority of thestate extended to that part of the sea^ washing the east Mediter- Hebrew pohcy ^ discouraged for- ranean shore from the bay eign intercourse. ^ \ i. tj /tm ot Acre to Idtn-nsea. Thepolicy of the state, religious in its firstintent and never secular in the senseof modern govern-ment, was setagainst intercourseabroad because ofits supposed evilresults upon thepeople. Foreignproducts, foreigninstitutions, a n dforeign gods werealike dreaded andat length these con-ditions the indus-trial life of the race became almost exclu-sively domestic. The useful arts werelimited to that simpler kind of handi-craft which has respect to the necessities. IRON WEAPONS OF THEHEBREWS. of the simple estate of a half-rural popu-lation. In Jerusalem there were littlemanufactories and emporia Domestic fea-for the exchange of prod- JlJ^iXTtnesucts. Machinery, there of none. The artisans wrought sim-ply with tools in their hands. wSomewere carpenters. Others worked in themetals. Some made sandals and har-ness. There was a branch of industryfor the manufacture of weapons, andthis trade was carried perhaps to greaterefficiency than any other. Israel was,from the first, warlike, and must be sup-plied with the implements of class of artisans engaged in themanufacture of apparatus for takingfish. In this industry, also, excellencewas attained. The fishermen o
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