WebThe Semitic languages are a branch of the Afroasiatic language family.They are spoken by more than 330 million people across much of West Asia, the Horn of Africa, and latterly North Africa, Malta, West Africa, and in large immigrant and expatriate communities in North America, Europe, and Australasia.The terminology was first used in the 1780s by …

WebEthiopian Semitic (also Ethio-Semitic, Ethiosemitic, Ethiopic or Abyssinian) is a family of languages spoken in Ethiopia, Eritrea and Sudan.They form the western branch of the South Semitic languages, itself a sub-branch of Semitic, part of the Afroasiatic language family.. With 21,811,600 total speakers as of 2007, including around 4,000,000 second language …

WebThe Niger–Congo languages constitute the largest language family spoken in West Africa and perhaps the world in terms of the number of languages. One of its salient features is an elaborate noun class system with grammatical concord.A large majority of languages of this family are tonal such as Yoruba and Igbo, Akan and Ewe language.A major branch of …

WebSemitism definition, Semitic characteristics, especially the ways, ideas, influence, etc., of the Jewish people. See more.

WebEuropeans considered Hamites to be more civilized than Sub-Saharan Africans, and more akin to themselves and Semitic peoples. In the first two-thirds of the 20th century, the Hamitic race was, in fact, considered one of the branches of the Caucasian race, along with the Indo-Europeans, Semites, and the Mediterraneans.

WebThe Caucasian race (also Caucasoid or Europid, Europoid) is an obsolete racial classification of human beings based on a now-disproven theory of biological race. The Caucasian race was historically regarded as a biological taxon which, depending on which of the historical race classifications was being used, usually included ancient and modern …

WebCarthage was founded by Phoenicians coming from the Levant.The city's name in Phoenician language means "New City". There is a tradition in some ancient sources, such as Philistos of Syracuse, for an "early" foundation date of around 1215 BC – that is before the fall of Troy in 1180 BC; however, Timaeus of Taormina, a Greek historian from Sicily …

WebJewish views on slavery are varied both religiously and historically.Judaism's ancient and medieval religious texts contain numerous laws governing the ownership and treatment of slaves.Texts that contain such regulations include the Hebrew Bible, the Talmud, the 12th-century Mishneh Torah by rabbi Maimonides, and the 16th-century Shulchan Aruch by …

WebNimrod (/ ˈ n ɪ m r ɒ d /; Hebrew: נִמְרוֹד ‎, Modern: Nīmrōd, Tiberian: Nīmrōḏ; Imperial Aramaic: ܢܡܪܘܕ; Arabic: نُمْرُود, romanized: Numrūd) is a biblical figure mentioned in the Book of Genesis and Books of Chronicles.The son of Cush and therefore a great-grandson of Noah, Nimrod was described as a king in the land of Shinar (Mesopotamia).

WebDuffy antigen/chemokine receptor (DARC), also known as Fy glycoprotein (FY) or CD234 (Cluster of Differentiation 234), is a protein that in humans is encoded by the ACKR1 gene.. The Duffy antigen is located on the surface of red blood cells, and is named after the patient in whom it was discovered.The protein encoded by this gene is a glycosylated membrane …