. 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. y ofancient conquest is likely to reader generally gains an exagger-ated notion of the transformation effectedby the victory of one army over another,and the capture of a capital. These See Ridpaths Cyclopcrdia of UniversalHisio>-\\Vol. I, p
. 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. y ofancient conquest is likely to reader generally gains an exagger-ated notion of the transformation effectedby the victory of one army over another,and the capture of a capital. These See Ridpaths Cyclopcrdia of UniversalHisio>-\\Vol. I, pp. 162-190. THE ARAMyEANS.—MODERN KURDS. 219 shocks do not, as a matter of fact, ex-tinguish the nationality of the subjugatedpeople. Their public and political lifeis transformed and supplanted by otherpowers. But the masses of the peopleconstituting a given division of mankindare not exterminated and replaced bymen of another stock. This was true inthe instance before us. Nineveh was sacked by the Medes, and Saracus, thelast of Assyrian kings, died, either bythe enemys assault or by his own the race of Asshur continued tooccupy these countries during the ageswhen Rome was mistress of the world,and afterwards when the Crescent wascarried triumphantly through the coun-tries of Western Asia. Chai^xkr cm.—The AIodern Modern Kurdspreserve ethnictraits of Ara-maeans. NE of the most inter-esting inquiries whichthe student of humanhistory finds in thefield before him is thatwhich considers themodern descendentraces and representatives of the peoplesof ancient renown. In what sense, forinstance, do the Italians represent theRoman race? To what degree andmeasure may vre discoverthe ancient Greek in thedescendent Suliote andAlbanian? The same question recurs,but more obscurely, in our search for theliving representatives of the ancient raceof Asshur. In general, we may acceptthe Kurds as preserving all the ethniclife that still exists of the ancient race;but the pres
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