Pre-Historic Nations by John D. Baldwin

Author:John D. Baldwin [Unbekannt]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Religion
Publisher: Jazzybee Verlag
Published: 2013-12-09T00:00:00+00:00

CONCERNING CHALDEAN ANCIENT HISTORY.

According to Berosus, there were 163 kings of Chaldea previous to the year 1273 B.C., when the Assyrian empire rose and made that country one of its tributary provinces. Eight of these kings formed a " Median" dynasty, which lasted 224 years; and nine of them formed the Arabian dynasty, which ruled Chaldea 245 years. Now, if we allow each of the remaining 146 kings a reign of twenty years, the whole time of all the dynasties will be 3389 years previous to 1273 B.C.; and the beginning of their time will be placed in the year 4662 B.C., when Upper and Lower Egypt flourished as separate and independent countries, Menes not yet having appeared to unite them. This estimate is moderate; the average is below that of the "Median" and " Arabian" dynasties of kings, whose number and time are both given. It will not be denied that, according to the testimony of Berosus, the 86 kings of the first dynasty represent a great period of very ancient history in Chaldea; the Old Kingdom of the country, the first ages of national existence, of which he could give no history. A complete copy of his Chaldean History might show that he had not only their names, but also a chronology of their time; and perhaps it would explain what was meant by the cyclical additions which, included in their time, extended it to 34,080 years.

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