. Ridpath's Universal history : an account of the origin, primitive condition and ethnic development of the great races of mankind, and of the principal events in the evolution and progress of the civilized life among men and nations, from recent and authentic sources with a preliminary inquiry on the time, place and manner of the beginning. CHA LDEES. 235 their sisters and half-sisters and niecesin marriag-e. It is possible that fromthis circumstance arose the strong typi-cal character which was impressed uponseveral of the ancient races. The phys-iognomy, manner, and desire of thedescendent
. Ridpath's Universal history : an account of the origin, primitive condition and ethnic development of the great races of mankind, and of the principal events in the evolution and progress of the civilized life among men and nations, from recent and authentic sources with a preliminary inquiry on the time, place and manner of the beginning. CHA LDEES. 235 their sisters and half-sisters and niecesin marriag-e. It is possible that fromthis circumstance arose the strong typi-cal character which was impressed uponseveral of the ancient races. The phys-iognomy, manner, and desire of thedescendent clansmen were so uni-form as to carry down to posterity thetype which had been fixed and empha-sized by the inbred relation upon whichthe primal family was founded. Norwould the type readily yield when mar-riage was extended beyond the limits of a delegation passing from clan to clanin friendly solicitation of wives for themen of their respective kitlis. Thefirst simple relations among the tribesof the East were based in large measureupon the cross-inarriages which werecultivated. Sometimes, though rarely,the man went over to the clan of hiswife, joining himself to the householdof his father-in-law or uncle by may see in this the rudiments of apossible state; for ere long, partly bywar and partly by marriage RUINS OF SnPARA.^JJrawii by A. de I!ar, alter a :,kctch oi Lcjcan. kinship. The more powerful ethnicpeculiarity prevailed over the weaker,and the wife selected from a collateralbranch of the tribe or from some foreignclan transmitted the features and man-ners of her lord rather than her own. In course of time the in-marriagesgave way, perhaps under the influenceCross-marriage of a deep-seated human in-retrin^r^ stinct, Atthe state. ^ very early date the pas- toral lords of the Euphratine countriesbegan to send abroad for their was more common than to see many clans and tribes would unite incommon enterprises. We here
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