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J%e Indo-European Peoples and their Dispersion 83
hepherd population, and time after time, for thousands of
a^rs' these Northern nomads have poured forth over Europe
n Western Asia, just as the desert Semites of the South have
°"e over the Fertile Crescent (§ 92).
hese nomads of the North were from the earliest times a 141. The two
great ruk;*. n . , ^ , ^ ttt lines — Indo-
wnite race, which we call Indo-European. We can per- European
waps best explain this term by saying that these Indo-Europeans and Semitic
^ e the ancestors of the present peoples of Europe. As our
^fathers came from Europe, the Indo-European nomads
Vere also our own ancestors. These nomads of the Northern
Srasslands, our ancestors, began to migrate in very ancient
es, moving out along diverging routes. They at last extended
an imposing line from the frontiers of India on the east,
stward across all Europe to the Atlantic, as they do to-day
g- 48). This great northern line was confronted on the south
y a similar line of Semitic peoples, extending from Babylonia
east, through Phoenicia and the Hebrews westward
ng North Africa to Carthage and similar Semitic settlements
Phoenicia in the western Mediterranean (§ 93).
The history of the ancient world, as we are now to follow 142. Struggle
Z Was often made up of the struggle between this southern two^tnes—C
iHc Hne which issued from the Southern grasslands and the *ndo"
north r European
£ rn Indo-European line which came forth from the North- and Semitic;
gg? grasslands. Thus as we look1 at the diagram (Fig. 48) we the?nd<>£
e the two great races facing each other across the Mediterra- Jfneropean
11 like two vast armies stretching from Western Asia west-
ward
£ a to the Atlantic. The later wars between Rome and
^rthage (§§ 535-564) represent some of the operations on
Semitic left wing; while the triumph of Persia over
aidea, which we are next to take up (§ 155), was a
j llar outcome on the Semitic right wing. The result of the
0tlg conflict was the complete triumph of our ancestors, the
Wi ° ^UroPean hne, which conquered along the center and both
gs and gained the leadership throughout the Mediterranean
0rld under the Greeks and Romans (Chapters VII to XVIII).
°«' the
alo;
hepherd population, and time after time, for thousands of
a^rs' these Northern nomads have poured forth over Europe
n Western Asia, just as the desert Semites of the South have
°"e over the Fertile Crescent (§ 92).
hese nomads of the North were from the earliest times a 141. The two
great ruk;*. n . , ^ , ^ ttt lines — Indo-
wnite race, which we call Indo-European. We can per- European
waps best explain this term by saying that these Indo-Europeans and Semitic
^ e the ancestors of the present peoples of Europe. As our
^fathers came from Europe, the Indo-European nomads
Vere also our own ancestors. These nomads of the Northern
Srasslands, our ancestors, began to migrate in very ancient
es, moving out along diverging routes. They at last extended
an imposing line from the frontiers of India on the east,
stward across all Europe to the Atlantic, as they do to-day
g- 48). This great northern line was confronted on the south
y a similar line of Semitic peoples, extending from Babylonia
east, through Phoenicia and the Hebrews westward
ng North Africa to Carthage and similar Semitic settlements
Phoenicia in the western Mediterranean (§ 93).
The history of the ancient world, as we are now to follow 142. Struggle
Z Was often made up of the struggle between this southern two^tnes—C
iHc Hne which issued from the Southern grasslands and the *ndo"
north r European
£ rn Indo-European line which came forth from the North- and Semitic;
gg? grasslands. Thus as we look1 at the diagram (Fig. 48) we the?nd<>£
e the two great races facing each other across the Mediterra- Jfneropean
11 like two vast armies stretching from Western Asia west-
ward
£ a to the Atlantic. The later wars between Rome and
^rthage (§§ 535-564) represent some of the operations on
Semitic left wing; while the triumph of Persia over
aidea, which we are next to take up (§ 155), was a
j llar outcome on the Semitic right wing. The result of the
0tlg conflict was the complete triumph of our ancestors, the
Wi ° ^UroPean hne, which conquered along the center and both
gs and gained the leadership throughout the Mediterranean
0rld under the Greeks and Romans (Chapters VII to XVIII).
°«' the
alo;