. 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. THE CANAAN/TKS.—ANCIENT TRIlUiS. 331 Hebrew writ-ings unfavor-able to Canaan-itish character. poor opinion of those peoples who werevirtually exterminated by Joshua and hissuccessors. But a m orecareful consideration ofthe subject will give us abetter noti
. 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. THE CANAAN/TKS.—ANCIENT TRIlUiS. 331 Hebrew writ-ings unfavor-able to Canaan-itish character. poor opinion of those peoples who werevirtually exterminated by Joshua and hissuccessors. But a m orecareful consideration ofthe subject will give us abetter notion of the condition and char-acter of the unfortunate peoples whofell before the Hebrew invasion. Oftheir prosperity and manner of life wemay form some idea from the occasional ?a conquest, was, witliout doubt, one of themost inviting morsels that ever temptedthe cupidity of men. No AncientPaies-doubt the Israelites, after ^orseuTif^long suffering in half- countries, came to the feast withsharpened appetites; but the repast wasabundant. Palestine was a land offruits and flowers, of flocks and herdsand vineyards, of orchards and barley. SYRIAN SHP:PHERD AND FLOCK.—Drawn by Paul Hardy, from a photograph. glimpses of the country obtainable fromthe story of the invaders. Canaan wasinvariably represented as a garden spotin the midst of poorer countries. Forinstance, if all the references to the vineand its products were gathered from theHebrew writings, we might well regardprimitive Canaan as a continuous vine-yard. This should not be thought ofthe wild estate of the country, but of itsimproved condition. Palestine, in the time of the Hebrew and wine presses—kine on the hills andplenty in the storehouses. There weretowns and cities and villages in themanner of the civilized life—abundanceand variety and peace. Such a region was fair game for theinvaders. It would appear that theCanaanites were not equal in valor totheir assailants. Though Civil and social they
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