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Title: Egypt and the Christian crusade
Year: 1907 (1900s)
Authors: Watson, Charles R. (Charles Roger), 1873-1948
Subjects: Missions
Publisher: Philadelphia, Pa., The Board of Foreign Missions of the United Presbyterian Church of N.A
Contributing Library: Princeton Theological Seminary Library
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guish it from the Aryanraces, must not and cannot be classified at allwith the negro races. In surveying the history of the country, weshall see that Egypt has undergone successiveinvasions. Hyksos, Ethiopians, Assyrians,Persians, Greeks, Eomans, Arabs, Turks—theseall have swept into Egypt with their conqueringarmies. It might be expected, then, that theEgyptians would be a very mixed race. Yet thevery opposite is the fact. The Egyptian racepersists, the same in type and general character-istics as in the days of Abraham. In the pre-vious chapter, it was suggested that this was dueto the unvarying influence of soil, climate, oc-cupation, and life in the Nile Valley. In describing the Egyptian, it will avoid con-fusion if we first mark him oflF from other raceswhose representatives are often in evidencealong the Nile,—races which, for some reason,have not become absorbed in the current ofEgyptian life. Such are the Arabian dwellersin towns, who still trace their lineage back to the
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HEAD SHEIKH OF SINAITIC PENINSULA The People 31 Arabian peninsula. Also the Berbers wlio havecome down from the barren and narrow valleyof Nubia to hire themselves out as servants tothe foreign population in Egypt. Their dis-like to the Egyptians has prevented intermar-riage and has kept them a distinct race. TheSudan negroes are also to be noted. Slaverybrought dovm most of these, and, since theabolition of slavery, there has been a steadythough slender stream of them into Egypt. Wealso pass by the Orientals of neighboring coun-tries—Turks, Syrians, Armenians, Algerians—and, for the present, the European popula-tion, which the census of 1897 set at 112,526. Thus we come to those who may be properlydesignated as Egyptians. Among these, how-ever, diiferences exist which cannot be pointedout wdthin the limits of this brief chapter.There are differences of complexion, fineness offeatures, dress, dialect, social customs, due toresidence, occupation, religion, and mode oflife. For exam

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