. 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. ignifying ruddy,or blood-red. Doubtless this was thedescriptive term for the complexion ofthe ancient people. If this be correct, cians, like the Greeks, did not call them,selves by the name which history hasassigned to them. The native name wasKcnaan; or,
. 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. ignifying ruddy,or blood-red. Doubtless this was thedescriptive term for the complexion ofthe ancient people. If this be correct, cians, like the Greeks, did not call them,selves by the name which history hasassigned to them. The native name wasKcnaan; or, as we should say, Canaanites. THE CA NA A NITliS. —PHCENICIA NS. 347 By the Hebrews the Sidonians wereregarded as the oldest of all the Canaan-Primitive Phoe- itic peoples. This view isSuu?;?4; perhaps correct. Of thecountry. primitive tribes that settled on the coasts of Syria we are able to de-cipher the nameS of five. These werethe Sidonians, the Arbadites, the Gib-lites, the Lemarites, and the Arkites. On the east the country was backed bythe snowy mountains of Lebanon. Onthe west lay the open sea, inviting tocommerce. The rising slopes of themountains afforded pasture for stock andtimber for the building of ships. Themineral wealth was considerable. Therewere mines of copper and iron. Nearthe shore the hills were covered with. SIDON BY MOONLIGHT.—Drawn by H. A. Harper, from a photograph. The country of their choice extendedfrom the river Eleutherus, now calledthe Nahr-el-Kebeer, on the north, to thepromontory of Carmel on the south. Itwas a narrow strip of coast land, havinga breadth of from ten to fifteen length was a hundred and fiftymiles. Yet within this small territoryone of the most important nations of theprimitive world was developed. The region was favorable for an evo-lution of civilization. The soil was fertile. date-palms. The vine and olive flour-ished, and all the fruits and vegetationwhich we have mentioned as belongingto the Syrian climate ab
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