Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1890-08-28
CHINESE CIVILIZATION.
Il Proves That the CeIestials Arc of Baby.
lonIan Origin.

CHINESE CIVILIZATION.
Il Proves That the Ceiestials Are of Baby.
lonIan Origin.
A careful study of history has proven
beyond the possibility of doubt thai
the Chinese were not aboriginal In
China, but we're immigrants into that
country from Babylonia. A comparison
of the languages, the culture and the
civilization OF the two countries &C.
cumulates mass of evidence in support
Of this which 1t is impossible to gain
say. Even the artificial features OF the
two lands present such strong re
sem blance that the most casual OBJ
server must be struck by it Speaking
Of the aspect OF Babylonia as revealed
by it's ruins, George Smith says: "Ths
greatest feature of the country was it,
agriculture, which was mainly carried
on by artificial irrigation, the whole
country being intersected with canals
some OF them navigable and OF great
size, their banks in some places being
from twenty to thirty feet high. The
long -deserted lines Of mounds which
even now exist in hundreds, marking
the lines of these artificial rivers, form
far more remarkable objects than the
ruined cities and palaces. Once these
channels teemed with life and industry
and were lined with cities containing
thousands of people" No more accur'
ate description could be given OF the
aspect which China, were she to reach
the same state of ruin as Babylonia has
done-wbich Heaven forbd!--would
present than this. The very name,
also, by which Babylonia was and
China is known 10 their inhabitants Is
tho same. 1.-THE Middle Kingdom"
was the appellation which the early
Turanian inhabitants of Babylonia APP.
piled to their land, and is that by which
China has been called by the Chinese
from the time of their first arrival on
the banks of the Yellow River.
But the resemblances between the
two countries are no more striking than
are those which characterize the peoples
belonging to them. We learn from the
monuments that the early Turanian in
habitants of Babylonia were an indus
trious, law-abiding people, to whom
peace was delight, and in whose opin.
ion the art of war was an uncultured
mplishment; who were skilled in
the mechanical arts, and, so far as
those on the plain country were con-
cerned, were ingenious and industrious
agriculturists. In stature they were
short and thick-set, with black hair and
the marked characteristic OF the slant
ing eye. But these Turanian people
were the Arcadians; and that name sig
nifies highlanders. Those, therefore,
whom VIC find on the alluvial delta OF
the Euphrates and Tigris were emf.
grants from the parent stock who still
followed their original calling OF
nomadic shepherds in the mount,
ainous country on the east This
fact helps to explain an apparent
anomaly in the history OF the Chinese
as described by certain of their more
ancient written characters. We have
known the Chinese both from history
purely agricultural people, such as
those Arcadians were who peopled the
plains of Babylonia. Whence come,
then, the ideas contained in those writ.
ten characters which point to nomadic
origin of the race? These characters
tell very plain story A people who
picture the idea of beauty by an ideo-
gram composed of parts meaning "a
large sheep" or who represent right,
equity by one which means my
sheep" or who convey the idea of to
''nourish" by compound character
whose parts signify ito eat sheep" OF
the idea of discussion by a combination
of symbols meaning ito talk about my
sheep" with host of other examples
which might be quoted, were evidently
at one time or other race of shepherds.
And this dual character exactly accords
with the history of the early Turanian
inhabitants of Babylonia. -Lippincotts
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