Author: Thomas Watkins PowellPublisher:
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Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 496
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The History of the Ancient Britons and Their Descendants
Author: Thomas Watkins PowellPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 496
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The History of the Ancient Britons and Their Descendants
Author: Thomas W 1797-1882 PowellPublisher: Palala Press
ISBN: 9781359523136
Category :
Languages : en
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The History of the Ancient Britons and Their Descendants
Author: Thomas W. PowellPublisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9781330029558
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 487
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Excerpt from The History of the Ancient Britons and Their Descendants Map No. 1 is intended to aid the reader in tracing the routes taken by the several branches of the Aryan race in their migrations from their original and primitive home, to where we now find them located and fixed. This would be easier understood if it had been done on a map of a larger scale, with fewer names omitted. But this will be plain to most readers, with only ordinary knowledge of geography; and any desired assistance can almost anywhere be obtained. Our history assumes to treat of this Aryan migration from the cradle to the several places where their descendants are now nationally located. Now, we have assumed that the Aryan race had its primitive home in the valley watered by the Euphrates and the Tigris; in the upper part of that interesting valley, while the Hamitic and Shemitic races occupied the lower part, immediately above the head of the Persian Gulf There the residue of the Aryans had been fixed for many centuries, until their civilization and language had been cultivated to that extent, that it is traced in their descendants to this day. What was the cause of their emigration is not known to history, but it is more than probable that it was an attack by the southern people on the Aryans of the north. Whatever may have been the cause, it seems that they departed thence in three different streams, to settle and cultivate other portions of the world. The first of these departed directly to the west, and occupied Asia Minor, Greece, and Italy; and have been generally denominated the Javan or Pelagean family, and more recently, the Greek and Latin races. The second stream is that which has been denominated the descendants of Gomer, who went north, and fixed their residence on the northern shores of the Euxine sea, near the mouth of the river Tyris, now in Southern Russia, and near the city of Odessa, where they were known to the Greeks as Cimmarians: and everywhere claimed to have been the progenitors of all the Celtic people; and it is there, on the shores of the Euxine or Black sea, we will leave them for the present. The third stream passed off to the east, along the northern declivity of the mountains which separate the valley of the Caspian sea from those of the great valley of Persia, until they arrived in Bactria, where they fixed their residence, for a considerable time. But, sometime in early history, we know not when, these residents of Bactria separated into two divisions; the one to the south, and the other to the northwest. That which went to the south passed over that extremely elevated pass, known as Hindoo-Koosh, to tne valley at the headwaters of the Indus, in which Cabul now stands. Here they again divided, and one division went west, and became known as the Persians; while the other went to the valleys of the Indus and Ganges, and became known as the Brahman and their language was Sanskrit of India. Those who departed from Bactria to the northwest, again divided, one taking the most northern route through Russia, crossing the northern extremity of the Baltic sea into Scandinavia; and then the main body of the Baltic into Germany; this was known as the Gothic line. The other passed on, directly west, into Germany; and this line was known as the Teutonic. We will now turn our attention to the descendants of Gomer, known to the Greeks, as the Cimmarians; whom we left settled on the northern banks of the Euxine. From time to time these had sent out colonies by the way of the Danube to northeastern Italy, - known as Umbria, and to France, then known as Gaul. About seven hundred years before the Christian era the remainder of the Cimmarians remaining in their original home, were driven thence by a Scythian horde, to the east; and followed around the eastern extremity of the Euxine sea, and took possession of a large and much civilized country in Asia Minor, Lydia There they remained sixty or eig...
The History of the Ancient Britons and Their Descendants
Author: Thomas Waktins PowellPublisher: Palala Press
ISBN: 9781346564357
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 494
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HISTORY OF THE ANCIENT BRITONS AND THEIR DESCENDANTS
Author: THOMAS W. POWELLPublisher:
ISBN: 9781033271223
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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History of the Ancient Britons
Author: John Allen GilesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 436
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History of the Ancient Ryedales
Author: Gideon Tibbetts RidlonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 894
Book Description
History of the Ancient Ryedales
Author: Gideon Tibbetts RidlonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Riddle Family
Languages : en
Pages : 1006
Book Description
Our British Ancestors
Author: Samuel LysonsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Prehistoric peoples
Languages : en
Pages : 630
Book Description
History of the Ancient Ryedales, and Their Descendants in Normandy, Great Britain, Ireland, and America, From 860 to 1884
Author: Gideon Tibbetts RidlonPublisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780282362270
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 982
Book Description
Excerpt from History of the Ancient Ryedales, and Their Descendants in Normandy, Great Britain, Ireland, and America, From 860 to 1884: Comprising the Genealogy and Biography, for About One Thousand Years, of the Families of Riddell, Riddle, Ridlon, Ridley, Etc MY early years were spent in the home of my paternal grandparents, - a place where many members of our family connection resorted to discuss the history Of' the past, - and from listening attentively to the conversation that passed between those godly ancestors as they gathered around the ample hearthstone, I became, at an early age, deeply interested in everything pertaining to the history of my forefathers and their times. This interest, increased with my years, and I determined that at some future day I would fully acquaint myself with the history of our family and its origin. My grandfather was truly a patriarch, for he lived contemporary with eight generations of his family. From his standpoint he could look backward and remember three generations of his predecessors; looking downward he could see four generations of his descendants, and at the same time he himself was the connecting link of this chain between the first three and last four generations, making eight generations in all. This remarkable acquaintance with so many of his family, supplemented by the possession of a wonderfully retentive mem ory, which remained unimpaired till he was more than ninety years of age, qualified this venerable man in a peculiar manner to impart information respect ing the history and genealogy of his family connections. The elder members of our family seemed pleased to advert to all the traditions known to their ances tors, and delighted to transmit them from father to son, always careful that nothing should be lost. When these discussions were going on I used to draw near my grandfather's knee and listen with the keenest relish to every word Spoken, frequently asking questions about the relationship between the various cadets of our family mentioned in the conversation. During those early years I noticed that frequent allusion was made to Old Uncle John and Old Uncle Abram in a very emphatic way, great stress always being laid upon the word old. This served to excite my curiosity and rekindle the fires of interest, until, as a result of my inquisitiveness, I possessed a very good traditionary outline of the history Of my own branch of the family. If I saw one of our surnames in a book or newspaper, it always awakened a new interest and inspired a zeal to investigate more fully the genealogy of all branches of our tribe. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
