The Expedition for the Survey of the Rivers Euphrates and Tigris, Carried on by Order of the British Government, in the Years 1835, 1836, and 1837, ... the Regions Situated Between the Rivers Nil - Softcover

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Excerpt from The Expedition for the Survey of the Rivers Euphrates and Tigris, Carried on by Order of the British Government, in the Years 1835, 1836, and 1837, Vol. 2 of 4: Preceded by Geographical and Historical Notices of the Regions Situated Between the Rivers Nile and Indus

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 J aphet and Ham. - Descent of the Chasdim into Babylonia. - The Cushite Dominions centre in Babylonia. - Spread of the Sons of Togormah, Gomer, and other Descendants of J aphet. - Nimr1id's Death - Ninus or Belus li. Invades Armenia. - Ha1°k and his Descendants govern Armenia - Tombs of Noah and his Wife. - Haikanians and Togormeans - Aramai's changes the name of Gihon to Araxes. - War of Aram with the Medians - Derivations of the name of Armenia - Settlements of Togormah.

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