Ancient Chinese History and the Book of Genesis. Part Two: Noah, the Flood, and Chinese history (original) (raw)
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Some have raised the point that the ancient Chinese dynastic civilisation is - just as the archaïc Egyptian civilisation was once thought to have been - so ancient that it antedates even the Genesis estimations for the beginning of humanity and the Flood.
Some have raised the point that the ancient Chinese dynastic civilisation is - just as the archaïc Egyptian civilisation was once thought to have been - so ancient that it antedates even the Genesis estimations for the beginning of humanity and the Flood.
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