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(1884) How the World Was Peopled: Ethnological Lectures
NOTA BENE: I have no opinion of this 1884 book by Edward Fontain, 1814-1884
Wonderful Ethiopians
OF THE
Ancient Cushite Empire
BY DRUSILLA DUNJEE HOUSTON.
BOOK I.NATIONS OF THE CUSHITE EMPIRE.MARVELOUS FACTS FROM AUTHENTIC RECORDS.
THE UNIVERSAL PUBLISHING COMPANYOKLAHOMA CITY, OKLA., U. S. A.1926.
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COPYRIGHT 1926.BY DRUSILLA DUNJEE HOUSTON.
TABLE OF CONTENTS.
Preface--The Origin of Civilization.1CHAPTERS:I.The Ancient Cushite Empire.15II.Old Ethiopia, Its People.27III.Ancient Ethiopia, the Land.40IV.The Amazing Civilization of Ethiopia.54V.Prehistoric Egypt, the Land of Wonders.66VI.Egypt and Her "Golden Age."79VII.Egypt and Her Mighty Pharaohs.92VIII.Arabia and Her Ancient Races.111
XI.The Marvelous Arabian Civilization.126X.The Rich Arabian Literature.145XI.The Strange Races of Ancient Chaldea.160XII.Babylonia, the Land of Marvels.182XIII.The Civilization of Babylonia.194XIV.Ancient India, Land of Mystery.210XV.The Civilization of India.225XVI.Hindu Religion and Literature.241XVII.Ancient Media and Persia Were Cushite.255
(I have supplied page numbers in the Table of Contents, which were lacking in the original. In the originalChapter VII preceded VI in the above list, which I have corrected. Note that the title of Chapter I in the body of the book is "The Empire's Age and Scope".--JBH)
Click to enlargeIVORY STATUETTE OF A KING OF THE FIRST DYNASTY (From Petrie's ''Abydos,'' Part II.) p. i
SYNOPSIS OF CONTENTS.
PREFACE--ORIGIN OF CIVILIZATION.1. Summary of the astounding contents of Books I and II.2. The Growing Need of Light Upon Race Origins.Chapter:I. ANCIENT CUSHITE EMPIRE OF ETHIOPIANS.1. The Distance of the Empire in Hoary Ages.2. Its Spread Over Europe, Asia, Africa and America.3. Its Kings the Mysterious Gods of Ancient Mythology.
II. OLD ETHIOPIA ITS PEOPLE.1. Egypt was Civilized from Ethiopia.2. Ethiopia Described in the Literature of India.3. The Bible Linked Egypt and Ethiopia as One Land.4. Nubians are Superior to the Egyptians of Today.5. Nubians the Race of the Egyptian Monuments.III. ANCIENT ETHIOPIA, THE LAND.1. Ethiopia a Land Richer and Broader than Egypt.2. Cushite Wealth Sprang from World-wide Trade.3. The Gold Mines and Emeralds of Ethiopia.4. The Infinite Number of Monuments and Temples.IV. THE AMAZING CIVILIZATION OF ETHIOPIA.1. Ethiopians Passed Directly to the Use of Iron.2. Ethiopians Tamed the Animals and Plants.3. The Primitive Worship of the Ethiopians was Pure.4. There was a Rich Literature In Olden Days.5. Ethiopia Desolated by Arabs and Turkish Conquests.6. Recent Excavations In Ethiopia by Harvard University.7. Nubians Dress Today Like the Types on the Monuments.V. PRE-HISTORIC EGYPT THE LAND OF WONDERS.1. Lower Egypt was Once a Part of the Sea.2. The Primitive Egyptians were entirely Uncivilized.3. The Early Population of Thebes was Nubian.4. The Physical Features of Upper and Lower Egypt.5. Race Traits of the Egyptian Fellah.6. The "Hundred Gated Thebes" an Ethiopian City.7. The Egyptian God Amen-Ra was Cush of the Scriptures.
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VI. EGYPT AND HER GOLDEN AGE.1. The Earliest Epoch was of the "Old Race."2. Greece and Rome but Passed on the Arts of Egypt.3. The Gods of Egypt and Her Religion.4. Egyptian Arts, Amusements and Domestic Life.5. Egyptians as Engineers and Master Builders.VII. EGYPT AND HER MIGHTYPHARAOHS.
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