Excerpt from The Ruling Races of Prehistoric Times in India, South-Western Asia and Southern Europe Akkadians and Egyptians, as recorded on the tablets and inscriptions found in Assyria and Egypt, and, as preserved by later historians, by that of the Hindus and Persians, as set forth in the Rigveda, Brahmanas, and Zendavesta, and still retained in their antiquated forms as popular rites, and by that pf the Semites and Greeks. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.