CONTENTS TO YOL. II.
C H A P T E R I.
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Seat of Paradise and its four R iv e rs.-S ta te of the World before the Deluge.-Supposed
residence of N oah.-Description of the first Babylonia.—Construction of the Ark.—
First Settlements in Armenia. - State of Antediluvian Knowledge. - Primeval
Astronomy, and its preservation among the Kirghis Kazaks.—Cycles of the Ancients.
—Traditional History.—Records preserved in Armenia.—Shem proceeds to Shmar.—
Japhet and Ham continue in Armenia.-Noah’S p re c ep ts.-F irst Human Immolation
bv Lamech—Arkite Worship.—Antediluvian Idolatry or Sabaism.—Ham’s Sin and
(jurse. Trifling change caused by the D<fluge.—Noah's Allotment.—Japhet occupies
the northern extremity of Asia and Europe.—Shem occupies Babylonia, Syria, &c.
Ham removes from Asia Minor to Byblus.—Possessions of Cush.—Ham’s Idolatry in
S y r ia—Canaan and Mizraim’s Territories—The Emim, Amalekites, Philistines,
Thamudites, Himyarites, and other Tribes in Syria, Arabia, and Egypt.—1The Cushites
invade Babylonia and expel the people of Shem.—Rise.of Nimrud’s Kingdom, and
establishment of Ham’s Religion.—Construction and object of the Tower of Babel.—
Spread of Mankind in consequence.
C H A P T E R II.
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THE DISPERSION,
SPREAD OF MANKIND EASTWARD, NORTHWARD, AND WESTWARD, FROM
BABYLONIA.
Limits of the Territories about to be occupied.—Directions taken Eastward and Westward.
—Noah’s Family commingle in Armenia.—The Shemitic People reoccupy Babylonia.
The mixed Tribes of this Territory called Chaldeans.—Spread of the Cushites from
Babylonia to Media, Persia, and Central Asia.—Phut, the supposed Leader of the
Mongols.—Georgian and Tibetan character.—Similarity of Eastern and Western
Architecture.—Western origin of the Chinese.—Spread of the Cushites Northward
and again Westward, along the Taurus.—Second commixture of the Sons of Japhet
and Ham. Descent o f the Chasdim into Babylonia.—The Cushite Dominions centre
in Babylonia.—Spread of the. Sons of Togormah, Gomer, and other Descendants of
Japhet. Nimrud’s Death.—Ninus or Belus II . invades Armenia.—Haïk and his
Descendants govern Armenia.—Tombs of Noah and his Wife. Haïkanians and
Togormeans.—Aramaïs changes the name of Gihon to Araxes. War of Aram with
the Medians.—Derivations o f the name of Armenia.—Settlements of Togormah.—