. 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 . the Macedo-nian, Cyprus was a disputed the Tews, with ^ ^ , Historical vicis- the loss of nationality, came sttudesofthe . 1 CjT^rian race. over 111 such numbersas to become predominant. Anotheraspect was that of the introduction ofChristianity by Paul, and the spread ofthe new faith until no fewer than thir-teen
. 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 . the Macedo-nian, Cyprus was a disputed the Tews, with ^ ^ , Historical vicis- the loss of nationality, came sttudesofthe . 1 CjT^rian race. over 111 such numbersas to become predominant. Anotheraspect was that of the introduction ofChristianity by Paul, and the spread ofthe new faith until no fewer than thir-teen bishoprics were planted in theisland. Then came the ascendency ofIslam. Cyprus passed under the domin-ion of the Caliphs, and remained sountil the time of the Crusades. Theisland was given during the Holy Warsto Guy of Lusignan. Feudalism wasintroduced and prevailed for severalcenturies. Close relations were con-tracted between the island and thePhoenicians, For a long time the Tur-comans were kept at bay. Not until1570 did Selim II gain by conquest anindisputed supremacy. Of all the Semitic races, that stockwhich most nearly reached a true his-torical supremacy was the Carthagini-ans. Carthage was a Phoenician story of the founding is lost in myth. 376 GREAT RACES OF MANKIND. and tradition. At the higli noon of theclassical age, Vergil souglit in humane^ ^ r^^ song to save a part of the Tradition of the •? colonization of reputation of the ancientrival of Rome from obliv-ion. The story of Pygmalion and Didois as wide as the dissemination of learn-ing. The Phoenician princess Sichaeus (more properly heruncle Acerbas), priest of Hercules, hadbeen murdered bv Pvgmalion, gathereda company of disaffected noblemen,took to shiji, and escaped to the farWest. Landing first at Cyprus, theypursued their voyage to the Africancoast, at that point where it most nearlj-approaches Sicily. There the exileslanded, purchased as much land asmight be covered with a bull
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