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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. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.