Image: With the world's people; an account of the ethnic origin, primitive estate, early migrations, social evolution, and present conditions and promise of the principal families of men (1915) (14762176914)

Description: Identifier: withworldspeopl04ridp (find matches) Title: With the world's people; an account of the ethnic origin, primitive estate, early migrations, social evolution, and present conditions and promise of the principal families of men Year: 1915 (1910s) Authors: Ridpath, John Clark, 1840-1900 Subjects: World history Ethnology Publisher: Washington : Clark E. Ridpath Contributing Library: University of California Libraries Digitizing Sponsor: Internet Archive View Book Page: Book Viewer About This Book: Catalog Entry View All Images: All Images From Book Click here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book. Text Appearing Before Image: 1 ^ -^ RUINS OF ANXVRA GALATIA.-After Charles Texier stock, that is, of the Aramaic branch thereof, had entered the Cilician country. We are here, however, on the borders of Syria and may, on general principles, expect a decline in Aryan influence. The coast region from Pamphylia to An- tioch is separated on the north from Lycaonia and Cappadocia by mountain ranges, and for this reason is less likelyM.—Vol. 2—5 Roman fleets and his own military repu-tation. The remaining province of Asia Minor,as it existed in the classical times, is Gala-tia, an inland countrv lying Anomalous posi-east of Phrygia. Its posi- T^^S^t^tion in the ethnic scheme of habitants.Western Asia is anomalous. Perhaps noother country, ancient or modern, has re- Text Appearing After Image: THE GREEKS.—GALA TIAi\S. 67 ceived its leading population under eir-cumstances so extraordinary. Originally Galatia was included, at least in part, with Phrygia. There can be little doubt that in common with the other countriesof Asia Minor there were aborigines in these regions whom the Aryans over-came in their migrations westward. No doubt Galatia had at one time a popula-tion of Aryan extraction. The geograph-ical position of the country would seemto forbid any other conclusion, but the strange fact in the ethnic history of the country is the incoming of a Gallic, that is a Celtic, race from the West. It was this Gallic invasion of 277 B. C. which gave the name to the country. It appears that a great Btoryandre- ^^ . , , suits of the Gal- body of Celts, turning back lie invasion. i- ii j. i. from the western partsof Europe, as we have shown in the former book, came upon Northern Greece, under the leadership of their great chieftain, Brennus, and reduced the northern countries to their sway Note About Images Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original work.
Title: With the world's people; an account of the ethnic origin, primitive estate, early migrations, social evolution, and present conditions and promise of the principal families of men (1915) (14762176914)
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