Asshur lived at Ninevah and named his descendants Assyrians. Arphaxad was the father of the Chaldeans. Aram founded the Syrians, and Lud was the father of the Lydians. These make up the roots of those living in this region from ancient times, and it is from these important branches that...
Figure 2: This T and O map, from the first printed version of Isidore's Etymologiae, identifies the three known continents as populated by descendants of Sem (Shem), Iafeth (Japheth) and Cham (Ham).图2:这张T-O地图来自伊西多尔《词源学》的首个印刷版本。地图显示,三块已知陆地上的居民...