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luvian period was one of mild climatal conditions, 

 followed by a slight return of the conditions of the 

 previous glacial age. 



4. The period was terminated by a great sub- 

 mergence, accompanied with vast destruction of 

 animal and human life ; and of comparatively short 

 duration, corresponding to the historical Deluge. 



5. From this depression the more limited conti- 

 nents of the modern period were elevated, and man 

 again overspread them from his primitive seats in 

 the Euphratean region, as recorded in the tenth 

 chapter of Genesis. 



6. In this early migration the Biblical Hamites, 

 forming one of the groups of men vaguely known as 

 Turanian, first spread themselves over Palestine and 

 Egypt, and founded the early Phoenician, Canaanite, 

 Mizraimite, and Cushite tribes and nations. 



7. In early historic times Semitic peoples, 

 Hebrews and others from the east, and Mongoloid 

 peoples from the north, migrated into Palestine 

 and dominated and mixed with the primitive 

 tribes, finally penetrating into Egypt and esta- 

 blishing there the dominion known as that of the 

 Hyksos. The historical Moabites, Ammonites, 

 Ishmaelites, and Hittites were peoples of this 

 character, having a substratum of Hamite blood 

 with aristocracies of Semitic or Tartar origin. 



It will be observed that while .archaeological 

 evidence tends to illustrate and corroborate that 

 wonderful collection of early historical documents 



