Wonderful Ethiopians Of The Ancient Cushite Empire
by Drusilla Dunjee Houston
Book Index
Chapter Ix. The Marvelous Arabian Civilization : p. 126 CHAPTER IX. THE MARVELOUS ARABIAN CIVILIZATION. Arabia was one of the earliest colonies of the ancient Cushite Empire of Ethiopians. Baldwin claims that it was the original land of Cush. He says, "In the oldest recorded traditions, Arabia is the land of Cush, the celebrated Ethiopia of very...
Chapter Xi. The Strange Races Of Chaldea : p. 160 CHAPTER XI. THE STRANGE RACES OF CHALDEA. The foundations of ancient Chaldea, were laid as early as those of Egypt. In fact they were the sister colonies of a parent state. The earliest civilized inhabitants were Sumerians. 5000 B. C. the land was full of city-states. The Sanskrit books...
Chapter V. Prehistoric Egypt, The Land Of Wonders : p. 66 CHAPTER V. PREHISTORIC EGYPT, THE LAND OF WONDERS. The native name of Egypt was Khem, the black land. The name came not so much from the color of the soil as the hue of the inhabitants. Egypt was called the "Gift of the Nile," because Lower Egypt was formed out of soil brought down by...
Chapter Vii. Egypt And Her Mighty Pharaohs : p. 92 CHAPTER VII. EGYPT AND HER MIGHTY PHARAOHS. M. Chabas regards a space at least of 4000 years, preceeding the first Dynasty as absolutely necessary to such development as Egypt possessed at the time of the fourth Dynasty. The art of the Old Empire was vigorous and full of original genius but...
Chapter Xvi. Hindu Religion And Literature : p. 241 CHAPTER XVI. HINDU RELIGION AND LITERATURE. India with its deeply religious people has given two great religions to the world. Buddhism and Brahminism are typical of the intermingled races from which they have come. Buddhism arose from the more ancient civilization. The older temples...
Chapter Ii. Old Ethiopia Its People : p. 27 CHAPTER II. OLD ETHIOPIA--ITS PEOPLE. Because of the great lapse. of time, it seems almost impossible to locate the original seat of the old Ethiopian empire. Bochart thought it was "Happy Araby," that from this central point the Cushite race spread eastward and westward. Some authorities...
Chapter I. The Empire's Age And Scope : p. 15 CHAPTER I. THE EMPIRE'S AGE AND SCOPE. The excavations of Petrie revealed in Egypt the remains of a distinct race that preceeded the historic Egyptians. The earliest civilization was higher than that of the later dynasties. Its purer art represents an "Old Race" that fills all the background...
Chapter Xiv. Ancient India The Land Of Mystery : p. 225 CHAPTER XIV. ANCIENT INDIA THE LAND OF MYSTERY. India has always been a land of mystery. The facts of her beginning and the origin of her culture have been the subject of much contradiction. Some would pronounce her a land of late development and that her rock hewn temples and hoary...
Chapter Vi. Egypt And Her 'golden Age : p. 79 CHAPTER VI. EGYPT AND HER "GOLDEN AGE." There are few voices to be heard underrating the greatness of Egypt. Reclus declares, that when the whole of Europe was still overrun by savage tribes, that have left no records behind them, Egypt existed a civilized power of greatness. Astronomical...
Chapter Iii. Ancient Ethiopia, The Land : p. 40 CHAPTER III. ANCIENT ETHIOPIA, THE LAND. The Nubo-Egyptian desert was once abundantly watered and a well timbered region. With the exclusion of the narrow Nile valley, all of this is generally a barren waste today. Geology reveals that in the primitive ages, this country had a moist climate...
Final Word : p. 273 FINAL WORD. The story of India, Persia, Arabia, Chaldea, Egypt and Ethiopia has been astonishing, but more amazing and fascinating is the recital describing the life and deeds of the Cushite nations of western Europe. The beautiful, world renowned mythology of the Greeks throws up...
Preface : p. 1 PREFACE. THE ORIGIN OF CIVILIZATION. The minds of men today are stirred with eager questionings about the origin of civilization and about the part the different races of mankind played in its development from primitive. ages. The remains that archaeologists are uncovering in Egypt, old...
Chapter Xv. The Civilization Of India : p. 210 CHAPTER XV. THE CIVILIZATION OF INDIA. Asia is a continent in which republics were unusual in early ages. Here history reveals monarchies under despotic rulers, who were worshipped as though the subjects were mere slaves. India until late ages was under a very different form of government...
Chapter X. The Rich Arabian Literature : p. 145 CHAPTER X. THE RICH ARABIAN LITERATURE. Gibbon speaks of the times of ignorance that preceeded Mohammed. This is true if we speak of Semitic Arabia, but later research has revealed a different source for the literature of the land. "Britannica" says of Arabia (Vol. 2, p. 230), "Arabia if...
Untitled : WONDERFUL ETHIOPIANS Of The ANCIENT CUSHITE EMPIRE BY DRUSILLA DUNJEE HOUSTON [1926, No Renewal] This is a pioneering, long-lost, work of Afrocentric history. Drusilla Dunjee Houston, (1876-1941) was a teacher, journalist and self-taught historian. Inspired by W.E.B. DuBois' The Negro, Houst...
Chapter Iv. The Amazing Civilization Of Ethiopia : p. 54 CHAPTER IV. THE AMAZING CIVILIZATION OF ETHIOPIA. At the beginning of the historical period of Egypt most inhabitants of the earth were rude savages. In western Europe and northern Asia the half-human Neanderthal lived in eaves under overhanging ledges and fed upon the untamed products...
Chapter Xviii. Ancient Media And Persia Were : p. 255 CHAPTER XVIII. ANCIENT MEDIA AND PERSIA WERE CUSHITE. In the mythology of the Greeks we find the most probable origin of the Modes and the records of the Hindu give us the source of the Persians. Yet this may or may not have meant that they were of the same race. The Persians so famous...
Chapter Xiii. The Civilization Of Babylonia : p. 194 CHAPTER XIII. THE CIVILIZATION OF BABYLONIA. There was much disposition to underrate ancient civilization, until the recent finds of Egypt, which prove the height of the splendor of the ages that ancient tradition and records spoke of as the Golden Ages of antiquity. Rawlinson speaking...
Chapter Viii. Arabia And Her Ancient Races : p. 111 CHAPTER VIII. ARABIA AND HER ANCIENT RACES. Arabia was once a portion of the ancient Cushite empire. Some authorities claim that it was the original seat of Ethiopian culture. The ordinary encyclopedia and historical book give but little light upon the early race life of Arabia. When our...
Chapter Xxii. Babylonia The Land Of Marvels : p. 182 CHAPTER XXII. BABYLONIA THE LAND OF MARVELS. Across the Mesopotamian plain flows two great rivers the rise in the Armenian mountains. These two great streams flowing from different angles, finally unite and enter the Persian Gulf. Here we find a rich alluvial delta like that of the Nile...
Title Page : p. title 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 COMPANY OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLA., U. S. A. 1926. Scanned , October, 2004. John Bruno Hare, Redactor. This Text...
