. 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. which existedin the patriarch of the clan. The old mon-The patriarch was emperor --SedfoTm^f of his household and patriarchy. tribe. Enlarge the latter and change thepastoral into the sedentary and commer-cial life and you have the ancient mon-arch, crowne
. 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. which existedin the patriarch of the clan. The old mon-The patriarch was emperor --SedfoTm^f of his household and patriarchy. tribe. Enlarge the latter and change thepastoral into the sedentary and commer-cial life and you have the ancient mon-arch, crowned and robed in the splendorof the East. Very little was he concernedwith the other attributes which we findexistent in a modern state. If he formeda council of his nobles and priests, it wasdone at his will for the convenience ofhis government and the enlargement ofhis renown and glory. He set governorsin pnwinces, and captains over the divi-sions of his army ; but none might say tohim, What doest thou? Only onecheck really held him back from the ab-solute supremacy of his will. That wasthe fear of a violent death at the hands ofsome one who had suffered or was jeal-ous under his rule. In this form rose the government ofthat ancient race who possessed and civ-ilized the lowlands lying northward fromthe Persian gulf. The names of the. 242 GREAT RACES OF MANKIXD. early Chaldasan kings have been trans-mitted to posterity. An outline of theirdynasties has been recovered from theRulers celebrate dust. As in all ages, the Sst^ryS-^ ^^^1^1^ ^^ ^^^ ancient epochbrates thought, have commemorated them-selves, while the names of the great think-ers and scientists, who from the citiesand plains of Chaldsea foreran the knowl-edge of the world, have passed into theoblivion of the ages. On the other hand,the work of the thinkers and sages hastransmitted itself to the mind and pur-pose of after times; while the work ofwarrior kings and high priests has gonedown to the silence of the under worl
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