. 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. ranean. Within this region we maysay that Semitism is still predominant. THE CANAANITES.—NEO-SYRIANS. 881 The peculiarity of the situation is thatthe Aramaic stock has pressed upon theHebraic from the north and east to theextent of replacing it in most of
. 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. ranean. Within this region we maysay that Semitism is still predominant. THE CANAANITES.—NEO-SYRIANS. 881 The peculiarity of the situation is thatthe Aramaic stock has pressed upon theHebraic from the north and east to theextent of replacing it in most of itsancient seats. In order to understand the ethnic con-dition of Syria, we must glance for amoment at the historical vicissitudesthrough which the countryhas passed since the as-cendency of the HebraicThere are at the present Ethnic genesisof the modernor Neo-Syrians kingdoms. that the descendent race is to any con-siderable degree a reproduction of theancients. wSo many influences, ethnical,national, and religious, have passedover Syria that it is difficult to discoverin any of the present peoples the linealdescendants of the Canaanitish reader will readily recall the long-continued contest be- placement and tween the Assyrians and 1%IIIZ::°the Egyptians for the pos- in the country,session of Palestine and the Mediter-. RUINS OF SAMARIA.—Drawn by II. A. Harper, from a photograph. time about two million of people withinthe limits of Syria. These are referableethnically, socially, and religiously toseveral different origins. In the firstplace, the Cheta, or Hittites, of antiq-uity have continued for more than twothousand years to occupy by their de-scendants the country of their ancientchoice. It could not be said, however, ranean coast. For many centuries thePhoenician kingdoms and the Hebrewstate withstood these latter yielded at length to thepowerful armies of the East, and He-braic nationality ended with conquest andtransportation. It was a
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