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Language supported English United States. The annals of all the great early nations of Asia Minor full of them. The Mosaic records allude to them frequently; but while they are described as the most powerful, the most just, and the most beautiful of the human race, they are constantly spoken of as Black, and there seems to be no other conclusion to be drawn than at that remote period of history, the leading race of the Western World was a Black race.

Three quotes from Quora Users for you to ponder. Racism was what made the Eurocentrics classify Ham as all "black" people first to justify slavery and colonization then they all magically became "white" people after that point so that they could claim Egypt for themselves.

Hamites" cursed as "blacks" now become "white" and therefore the just progenitors of civilization in Africa, beginning with Egypt. The Hamite went from being the cursed father of African people, doomed to slavery, to being some superior, civilizing white or near white race in order to rationalize the presence of civilization in Egypt. The curse pronounced by Noah against Ham, properly against Canaan his fourth son, was accomplished when the Jews subsequently exterminated the Canaanites.

One of the most important facts recorded in Genesis 10 is the foundation of the earliest monarchy in Babylonia by Nimrod the grandson of Ham 6,8, The primitive Babylonian empire was thus Hamitic, and of a cognate race with the primitive inhabitants of Arabia and of Ethiopia.

The race of Ham were the most energetic of all the descendants of Noah in the early times of the post-diluvian world. Today most of this area lies in the Sudan. But how is the general reader to understand that Cush and Cushite used 57 times in the Hebrew Bible are in fact a designation for an African nation and people? These products were found in antiquity principally in the area now known as the Sudan.

If the Tigris and Euphrates rivers are located in Babylonia, then there is good reason to believe some of Eden lay in Africa. We are now told that the oldest human remains may also be traced to Africa. Hagar, the Egyptian concubine of Abraham, may well have derived her ancestry from south of Egypt, and she alone of all the Bible characters gives God a name Gen Like Abraham, she meets God in the form of an angel and is given a promise that her progeny shall become a great nation Gen Num Amusingly, Miriam, who resents her black sister-in-law, becomes white with leprosy until she mends her ways.

Zipporah had understood the importance of circumcision and performed the ritual on their sons Ex Even if the Cushite wife refers to a second spouse, then Moses also looks to his new father-in-law for guidance and direction Num ; Jdg When the Israelites settle the land of Canaan, there were Africans among them.

Some may have left Egypt along with the Israelites at the time of the Exodus; others came with military invaders 1 Kg ; 2 Chr ; ; cf. Apparently an Ethiopian colony was created at Gerar as a buffer between Egypt and Judah.

Africans continued to enjoy royal favor, as Solomon married an Egyptian princess 1 Kg , 24; 2 Chr and received the Queen of Sheba 1 Kg ; 2 Chr This influential queen ruled dark-skinned peoples on both sides of the Red Sea, and she may well have initially come to Solomon to negotiate a trade treaty with his growing maritime power. Though she tested him with hard questions, in the end she told him all that was in her heart. It appears that in this black woman Solomon found a kindred spirit with whom he could discourse freely.

Whether or not that relationship was sexual, there is evidence that other alliances did indeed produce children. Zephaniah, a descendant of Hezekiah, is called the son of Cushi and brings special prophecies about Cush Zeph ; Faithfully, Baruch stands before the king, reading the words of God, while the king slashes the scroll and casts it in the fire Jer 21, Ebed-Melek, a confidential advisor of the king, is identified as a Cushite four times Jer , 10, 12; When Cushite pharaohs ruled over Egypt, they contracted military alliances with both Israel and Judah, especially during the time of the Twenty-fifth or Cushite Dynasty.

Mortuary figurines of Tirhakah clearly reveal his African features, and his enormous statue still towers above the great temple complex at Karnak. Candace was the royal title of the Queen Mother of Nubia, a powerful African nation located principally in what is now Sudan. Greek was spoken in the court, so the chamberlain would have had no problem reading a Septuagint version of the prophet Isaiah; and Philip, a Greek-speaking Jew, would easily have communicated the Gospel to him.

It was Candace who wielded the real political and military power from her capitol city in Meroe while her son served as a religious figurehead. The royal mother made gifts to deities on behalf of the kingdom and may have sent her chamberlain with a gift to Jerusalem. The arts of civilization flourished at a high level throughout her realm, and twice her forces engaged the Roman army in battle.

Further to the north lay Cyrene, capital city of the Roman province Cyrenaica. The city was famous for three schools of philosophy and for native sons who excelled in medicine, mathematics, rhetoric and literature. Perhaps the most illustrious of these was the astronomer Eratosthenes, who in approximately BC computed the circumference of the earth with remarkable accuracy. No less brilliant was the Hellenistic poet Callimachus, who became the director of the library at Alexandria and acquired an astonishing reputation for the versatility of his aptitudes.

Athletes from Cyrene excelled in Olympic competition, especially in horse chariot racing. Ships carried corn, oil and wool from the fertile fields of Cyrene, as well as a contraceptive known as sylphium, much sought after in Rome.

Cyrene maintained a monopoly on the herb until it became extinct through overharvesting approximately AD The citizens of Cyrene roamed far and wide throughout the Mediterannean world as merchants, athletes, philosophers, orators, mercenaries and entertainers. The Jewish community of the city had a deep interest in Judaism and produced an important literature including a five-book history of the Maccabees by Jason the Cyrenian 2 Maccabees There were close ties with Jerusalem.

Simon of Cyrene may have been impressed to carry the cross of Jesus when he came as a devout Jew to pay a Passover visit to Jerusalem. Apparently he became a believer, and his sons were known to the Christian community Mk ; cf. Rom Although an African synagogue, that of the Cyreneans and Alexandrians, first objected to the preaching of Stephen Acts , other natives of Cyrene became early adherents of Christianity and carried the good news to Cyprus Acts This revolutionary action drew the attention of the Jerusalem Council, and Barnabas was dispatched to assess this new development.

Convinced of the authenticity of the mission, Barnabas strategized with the leaders and went to Tarsus to seek out Paul. As the church at Antioch prayed, searched the Scriptures and strategized for a full year, a core of leaders developed.

The missionary agency was in large part initiated, strategized, promoted and directed by Africans. The story of Acts tells us that Paul and Barnabas were promptly sent to Cyprus, home of some members of the Antiochene community Acts , but archaeological evidence tells us of the arrival of the Gospel in Cyrene. By the end of the first century AD, there were Christian burials inside the Jewish cemetery at Cyrene.

He directed a catechetical school at Alexandria and wrote important exhortations to the heathen as well as to Christians, calling them to a more perfect life in Christ. Another African, Origen , became the director of a catechetical school at age His was the finest mind the church would produce in years.

Origen was highly successful in debating Jews, pagans, and Gnostics, and is in fact credited with destroying Gnosticism. This important biblical scholar, theologian, exegete, and pioneer in biblical criticism produced the Hexapla, comparing six versions of the Bible. He profoundly influenced the theological thought of the succeeding centuries.

Tertullian was a pagan lawyer who converted to Christianity. He authored apologetic, theological, and controversial works, and was the first theologian to write in Latin. It was he who formulated the doctrine of the Trinity, and coined nearly a thousand new words to explain Christian truths.

Athanasius , was Bishop of Alexandria and a major theologian and writer. He was the chief upholder of the doctrine that Christ was both man and God, and was the principle opponent of the Arian doctrine that Jesus was man rather than God. Even as a very young deacon, he was influential at the Council of Nicea. Cyril, who died in , was also Bishop of Alexandria. He brilliantly represented and systematized the teachings of Athanasius and other Alexandrians.

He was a vigorous opponent of heresy. Perpetua and Felicitas were two martyrs who died in the Carthage arena in Their story was widely used in winning others to Christ. Cyprian, Bishop of Carthage, died a martyr in He possessed a profound knowledge of Scriptures, wrote important theological works, fought heresy, and insisted on the unity of the Church. Lactantius c.

Lactantius insisted that God had given humanity a way of life open to all people regardless of race, education, sex, color or creed. Maurice of Aganum born about was a Roman general who refused to kill Christians during the slave revolt in Gaul. He declared to the emperor Maximian:We cannot obey you without denying God, the Creator of all things, our Master as well as yours, whether you acknowledge it or not. He was slaughtered by imperial decree along with his regiment for his defense of slaves.

Marius Victorinus was a neoplatonist professor of rhetoric with a brilliant record as philosopher and scholar. Educated in Africa but taught in Rome, he wrote theological and devotional works that were to lead to the conversion of Augustine.

Augustine , Bishop of Hippo, was one of the Doctors of the Church. A profoundly influential theologian, he dealt with three heresies: Manichaeism, Donatism, and Pelagianism. Augustine had remarkable insights into the human heart and soul. His most famous work is Confessions, written to describe his conversion and win others to Christ by detailing the philosophical basis for Christianity.

Zeno of Verona served as bishop of Verona from to