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Upon The Antiquity Of The Arabians, Their Language And Letters, And The Origin Of The Chinese And Their Empire.
man family , which is distinguished by the name of Ak Koyunli , that is , Turcomans of the white sheep , as another clan was styled Karah Koyunli , that is , Turcomen of the black sheep , these emblems being borne on their respective standards . These tribes were governed by great princes ; in process of time one state swallowed up the other . What , however , makes this branch of history the more worthy of notice is , that under the wing of this Turkishor Turcoman housefirst aroseand
, , , on its ruins was founded a far more celebrated state , that of the Persian Sophies . Still the Turkish and Persian languages are totally different , though both are dialects originating from the Arabian . That great Arabian intercourse must have taken place with India there can be little doubt ; for Cabul , where such disastrous tragedies have so recently occurred , was well known to them , and in all ages it seems to have been despised for its situation . The lots of the twelve
tribes must have extended beyond all calculation , for this city became the lot of Asher , as is fully expressed in the nineteenth chapter of Joshua in the twenty-ninth verse , and this portion of Oriental ground King Solomon once offered to Hiram , King of Tyre , who named it Cabul , to express his displeasure at the present , for that Hebrew word implies "dirty , " " displeasing . " Thus the Arabians diffused themselves over a great part of the world .
We read of Jason , whose finest ship was Argo , and built by him to fetch the golden fleece from Colchis . Losing sight of fable , the first notice of shipping was undoubtedly taken from the ark ; and it must be remembered , that the first Arabian Egyptian colonies were not the idolators of a later period , who were very secondary to the former tribe , they ( the former ) having had the honour of teaching the Grecians , as can readily be proved .
The Sidonians , whom Bochart proves to be the descendants of Canaan , used shipping , as he also asserts , before the children of Israel departed out of Egypt . Tlie Chinese , who certainly descended from the first Egyptians , and are great traders at home , possess the like pride and contempt of other people , saying that all other nations have but one eye , whereas nature has given them two ; signifying , thereby , how much wiser they think themselves than other men .
Like the Hebrews , the ancient Egyptians reverenced the word AL , or perhaps EL , which , with them means very grand , or high : Al Cair for Grand Cairo ; alchymy , for the highest chemistry , & c . The earliest inhabitants of Egypt had a hatred of idolatry , as well as the earliest Chinese , but their rites made them appear idolatrous in effect . The modern Chinese have degenerated in consequence of their conquest by the Tartars , for they worship the material heavens , and pay
superstitious rites to their deceased ancestors . The Canaanean , or Phoenician language , was one . The Chinese had a great many significations for the same word , either from the plain simplicity or poverty of the ancient languages , or , more probably , from an affected mysteriousness in all they did , clothing every thing in fable . Josephus against Apian , distinguishes two languages of the ancient Egyptians , the one sacred , the other common . Their sacred language was full of mysteries ,
perhaps like the Cabala of the Jews . It would take the writer too much paper , and cause this essay to exceed the prescribed bounds , to explain geologically why Egypt lias , in many spots , lost its original fertility , and become converted into vast
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Upon The Antiquity Of The Arabians, Their Language And Letters, And The Origin Of The Chinese And Their Empire.
man family , which is distinguished by the name of Ak Koyunli , that is , Turcomans of the white sheep , as another clan was styled Karah Koyunli , that is , Turcomen of the black sheep , these emblems being borne on their respective standards . These tribes were governed by great princes ; in process of time one state swallowed up the other . What , however , makes this branch of history the more worthy of notice is , that under the wing of this Turkishor Turcoman housefirst aroseand
, , , on its ruins was founded a far more celebrated state , that of the Persian Sophies . Still the Turkish and Persian languages are totally different , though both are dialects originating from the Arabian . That great Arabian intercourse must have taken place with India there can be little doubt ; for Cabul , where such disastrous tragedies have so recently occurred , was well known to them , and in all ages it seems to have been despised for its situation . The lots of the twelve
tribes must have extended beyond all calculation , for this city became the lot of Asher , as is fully expressed in the nineteenth chapter of Joshua in the twenty-ninth verse , and this portion of Oriental ground King Solomon once offered to Hiram , King of Tyre , who named it Cabul , to express his displeasure at the present , for that Hebrew word implies "dirty , " " displeasing . " Thus the Arabians diffused themselves over a great part of the world .
We read of Jason , whose finest ship was Argo , and built by him to fetch the golden fleece from Colchis . Losing sight of fable , the first notice of shipping was undoubtedly taken from the ark ; and it must be remembered , that the first Arabian Egyptian colonies were not the idolators of a later period , who were very secondary to the former tribe , they ( the former ) having had the honour of teaching the Grecians , as can readily be proved .
The Sidonians , whom Bochart proves to be the descendants of Canaan , used shipping , as he also asserts , before the children of Israel departed out of Egypt . Tlie Chinese , who certainly descended from the first Egyptians , and are great traders at home , possess the like pride and contempt of other people , saying that all other nations have but one eye , whereas nature has given them two ; signifying , thereby , how much wiser they think themselves than other men .
Like the Hebrews , the ancient Egyptians reverenced the word AL , or perhaps EL , which , with them means very grand , or high : Al Cair for Grand Cairo ; alchymy , for the highest chemistry , & c . The earliest inhabitants of Egypt had a hatred of idolatry , as well as the earliest Chinese , but their rites made them appear idolatrous in effect . The modern Chinese have degenerated in consequence of their conquest by the Tartars , for they worship the material heavens , and pay
superstitious rites to their deceased ancestors . The Canaanean , or Phoenician language , was one . The Chinese had a great many significations for the same word , either from the plain simplicity or poverty of the ancient languages , or , more probably , from an affected mysteriousness in all they did , clothing every thing in fable . Josephus against Apian , distinguishes two languages of the ancient Egyptians , the one sacred , the other common . Their sacred language was full of mysteries ,
perhaps like the Cabala of the Jews . It would take the writer too much paper , and cause this essay to exceed the prescribed bounds , to explain geologically why Egypt lias , in many spots , lost its original fertility , and become converted into vast