A Compendious History of the Dynasties

Partition of History.

First Division: The first dynasty, which is the first from Adam, the beginning of creation, meaning humanity. The second dynasty, the dynasty transferred from the first to the Judges, the Judges of the Children of Israel. The third dynasty, the dynasty transferred from the Judges of the Children of Israel to their kings. The fourth dynasty, the dynasty transferred from the kings of the Children of Israel to the kings of the Chaldeans. The fifth dynasty, the dynasty transferred from the kings of the Chaldeans to the kings of the Magi. The sixth dynasty, the dynasty transferred from the kings of the Magi to the kings of the pagan Greeks. The seventh dynasty, the dynasty transferred from the kings of the pagan Greeks to the kings of the Franks. The eighth dynasty, the dynasty transferred from the kings of the Franks to the kings of the Christianized Greeks. The ninth dynasty, the dynasty transferred from the kings of the Christianized Greeks to the kings of the Muslim Arabs. The tenth dynasty, the dynasty transferred from the kings of the Muslim Arabs to the kings of the Mongols.

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Dynasty I.

The first dynasty, regarding its beginning before the entry into the Promised Land: He who concerned himself with the news of nations and searched into the history of the generations said that the origins of the nations from olden times were seven: the Persians, the Chaldeans, the Greeks, the Copts, the Turks, the Indians, and the Chinese. Then each one of these nations branched out into nations, languages multiplied, and religions diverged. They were, in their entirety, Sabeans, worshipping idols as representations of the celestial substances and astral figures, and they are...