All of the people who lived in the country of the Tigris and Euphrates were white. We don’t know how nor when nor where colored people first lived, though it is interesting to guess. There were, we think, just three different white families and from these three families all the white people in the world are descended. Yes, your family came from here, ’way, ’way, ’way, ’way, back. So you will want to know the names of these three families and which one was your own. They were:
The Indo-Europeans, often called Aryans,
The Semites, and
The Hamites.
Most of us belong to the Aryan family, some are Semites, but very few in this part of the World are Hamites.
If your name is Henry or Charles or William, you are probably an Aryan.
If it is Moses or Solomon, you are probably a Semite.
If it is Shufu or Rameses, you are probably a Hamite.
The Aryans came from higher up on the map than the other two families, we think. They were the first people to tame wild horses and to use them for riding and drawing carts. They also had tamed cows which they used for milk, and sheep for their wool.
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Real History Begins or ’Way ’Way Back
to the Time of the Gipsies
You can remember the big things that have happened in your own lifetime.