Volume 2 Chapter 8

COMPENDIUM OF WORLD HISTORY

VOLUME 2

A Dissertation Presented to The Faculty of the Ambassador College Graduate
School of Education In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree
Doctor of Philosophy

by Herman L. Hoeh

1963 1966, 1969 Edition

CHAPTER VIII

THE HISTORY OF SPAIN

Who would guess today, from reading Spanish history, that Spain was, in Old
Testament times, one of the most important countries in the world? That famous
Biblical characters as Togarmah and Seir the Horite and Tarshish made their
appearance in this fabulous land?

Today the early history of Spain is virtually unknown. Scholars treat it
in much the same fashion as the history of every other nation in Europe. Her
past — before Roman rule — is made to appear a chronological blank. What little
is written before that time mainly emphasizes broken pottery and similar artifacts.

The real history is vitally interesting. It holds the key to the settlement
of the Peruvian Indian in Latin America. Spain was also the link between Palestine
and Ireland. Whoever controlled Spain was in a position to dominate the Western
Mediterranean.

ONLY RECENTLY SUPPRESSED

Until very recent times Spanish writers took pride in presenting their national
history. They were not ashamed of it. Today, in the face of ‘higher criticism,’
Spanish scholars have suppressed the truth of her beginnings. What once was
recognized to be fact is now relegated to the limbo of myth for no other reason
than early Spanish history reads very much like the Bible!

Early Spanish history does not begin in Spain. It begins far to the east
— in the lands bordering the ancient Assyrian Empire.

Similarly, the history of the Hebrews of the Bible does not begin with Palestine,
but with the land of the Chaldeans in Mesopotamia. In its earliest period the
history of the Iberian Peninsula is not primarily the story of the Spanish people
at all. It is the history of other people who migrated through that land, or
temporarily dominated it.

Few books in English preserve the history we are now entering upon. The two
works most readily available in libraries are Anderson’s ‘Royal Genealogies’
and the 20 volume ‘Universal History’, published in 1748. The Spanish material
is contained in volume xviii.

Our story opens in Asia Minor, in the region of the city of Tarsus. Paul
the apostle was born here. Tarsus was a port first settled by the children of
Tarshish. From Tarsus in Cilicia they gradually migrated into Spain, where they
founded the city of Tartessus. The earliest homeland of the children of Tarshish
in Asia Minor was originally ruled over by Tubal, son of Japheth. Spanish history
begins with his government at Babel.

The land about Tarsus in Asia Minor long bore the name of Tubal.

The Assyrians, in their cuneiform documents, referred to it as Tabal.

It extended from the area of what is eastern Turkey today into the Caucasus
to the Russian plains.

The most valuable area in the ancient land of Tabal was the excellent farming
and trading region of Iberia in the Caucasus — the modern Georgia. From this
vast area, the descendants of Tubal migrated into the Russian steppes. But their
subjects, the children of Tarshish, migrated westward toward Spain. Early Spanish
history is in a sense the story of the Spanish people, but the record of their
foreign rulers.

The following outline summarizes the important events preserved of the early
history of the Spanish people beginning from the Tower of Babel.

EARLIEST KINGS OVER THE SPANISH

INVASION FROM AFRICA

Having become again a civilized land and wealthy due to changes in climate
and the presence of many gold mines, Spain aroused the cupidity of Egyptian
and other North African nations. Gerion or Deabus, a Lybian, with many men and
ships invaded and conquered Spain and forced the Spaniards to dig gold for their
African overlords. African cultural elements were introduced. Many Spanish slaves
died from overwork under this tyranny. The history of this period is as follows:

Osyris slew Gerion in 1849, upon which part of his tribe took to ship and
sailed to the New World. A tradition found among the Toltecs of Mexico and preserved
by Ixtlilxochitl declares there once were giants in their land.

Even the date of the arrival of these giants has been preserved by the Toltec
historian. It was 520 years after the flood. (Bancroft ‘Native Races of the
Pacific States’, vol. V, p. 209. ) The year of the flood was 2370-2369. And
520 years AFTER the flood — that is, after 2369 — is 1849, the very year a
great battle was fought in Spain during which Gerion was slain and many of the
giants were expelled.

Later Indian tradition records the perishing of these giants in the New World
in a struggle with the Indians.

One of the Lomnini in Spain, meanwhile, was given to wife a sister of Osyris.
A son of the union, Norac, settled Sardinia and built the city of Norca. Sardinia
is famous for traditionally being inhabited by giants who left the megalithic
remains and giant tombs. Early British tradition also assigns to swarthy giants
the building of many of the megalithic monuments or henges.

To avenge the death of their father, the three Lomnini brothers conspired
with Typhon, brother of Osyris. Typhon assassinated his brother Osyris.

After the death of Osyris, Hercules appears on the scene. Rather than drench
the whole land in a bloodbath, he challenged the three sons of Gerion to personal
combat — three against one — and slew them all.

Hercules then turned the government of southern Spain over to Hispal, his
son and one of his generals, and departed with the bulk of his army to Italy.

Who were Osyris, Typhon and Heracles of Spanish, Italian and North African
tradition?

Note the time setting. These events are long after the death of Nimrod (2167)
or of Miebis (2037), who was the second Osiris. The dates of these events correspond
to the latter half of Dynasty II in Egypt. It is the period of the patriarch
Jacob. The Hercules of these traditions has already been proofd to be Seir the
Horite. In Spanish history Hercules is often referred to as ‘Oron,’ meaning
the Horite. He was a king of Egypt — a descendant of Horus. He slew the giant
Antaeus, another king of Egypt, records Josephus the Jewish historian.

Who are all these supposedly mythological rulers?

The surprising answer is that they have all been listed in Volume I — they
are kings of the second half of Dynasty II of Egypt. Notice the parallels. Antaeus
— an opponent of Osiris — was a man of giant stature. So was Sesochris (Neferkaseker),
who reigned 1815-1767. Typhon, the slayer of Osiris, was pictured as a destroyer
in the Greek traditions of this period. King Chaires (Aka) bore the title ‘Destroyer.’
His reign began also in 1815. Following a war in Egypt against the faction of
Osiris III, he temporarily received the ‘united kingdoms of Upper and Lower
Egypt and the seal of the accursed one’ — Osiris.

Then who was Osiris III — the Osiris Dionysius of Spanish history? None
other than king Sendi (the Sethenes of Manetho). His body, according to the
tradition, was cast into the Nile. Reports Weigall of him: ‘No trace of the
king’s tomb has been found; and … he seems to have met with disaster at the
end’ (‘The History of the Pharaoh’s’, page 136).

And now notice Hercules in this same dynasty. Hercules — the Seir the Horite
of Scripture — was renowned for having subdued Libya, and the vast territories
that lie west of Egypt. He was called Heracles Libycus. Did one of the Pharaoh’s
of this same period conquer Libya?

Certainly — Necherophes. Manetho records of him: ‘In his reign Libya revolted,
but, on account of an unexpected increase of the moon, they submitted through
fear.’

Now to continue with the outline of Spanish history. Hercules — Seir the
Horite — put Hispal his son over the country. He could be none other than Shobal
of Genesis 36:20. It is common for a silent ‘h’ to appear before Spanish names.
The successor to Hispal or Shobal was Hispan, a grandson of Hercules.

Is there a grandson of Seir the Horite by that name? See the name in Genesis
36:26 — Eshban! He was a son of Dishon, another son of Seir. Now it ought to
be plain why Scripture records the genealogy of this famous man. Without it,
there would be no means of understanding who the rulers of these times were.
When we come to Italian history, we shall see how they link up with the family
of Jacob. Meantime, the history of Spain in chart form is presented below.

Gave his name to Hispania (Spain) in consequence of extending his rule (during
his first year 1790-1789) into central and northern regions of the peninsula
previously settled only by wild tribes. He built towers to control the region
of Gallicia in Spain.

Once again Spanish history has a bearing on the New World. The attack by
Hispanus on these rude tribes in the northern regions on the shores of the Bay
of Biscay is recorded in Toltec history.

Ixtlilxochitl records that a second invasion from the east occurred 2236
years after the creation of man (Bancroft, vol. v, p. 209). Notice how this
figure corresponds with both the Bible and Spanish history.

At the death of Hispanus, Hercules, that is, Seir the Horite, reappears in
Spain and Western Europe in his old age.

Note that these dates correspond exactly with those of his rule in Britain
and Gaul. It is significant that Hercules’ family should appear so prominently
in

Western Europe. They must already have been driven out of Mt. Seir by Esau.
Hercules left no heir to the Spanish throne He was succeeded by one of his generals.

ABRAHAM’S CHILDREN

Spanish records declare Hesperus to be one of the two captains (not his sons)
who accompanied Hercules in his original exploits into Spain. He gave his name

Hesperus to Spain and Italy which in early times were called Hesperia Minor
and Hesperia Major respectively.

He was driven out of Spain into Italy by his brother, who succeeded him.

A brother of Hesperus, the other captain of Hercules, a famous astronomer;
dethroned and exiled Hesperus.

Josephus, the Jewish historian, also wrote about these two famous captains
of Hercules in ‘Antiquities’, I, xv. Here are his words: ‘Abraham after this
married Keturah’ — Genesis 25, ‘by whom six sons were born to him …’ Then
Josephus names Midian, a son of Abraham, who begat ‘Ephas and Ophren,’ called
Ephah and Epher in the Bible. ‘It is related of this Ophren, that he made war
against Libya, and took it; and that his grandchildren, when they inhabited
it, called it (from his name) Africa; and indeed Alexander Polyhistor gives
his attestation to what I here say; who speaks thus: ‘ … from the other two
(Apher and Japhran) the country of Africa took its name; because these men were
auxiliaries to Hercules, when he fought against Libya and Antaeus.’ ‘

Josephus understood that the two famous captains of Hercules were the grandsons
of Abraham.

Hesperus, who was later exiled in a family quarrel, was the Biblical Ephah.
Atlas, the strong man and astronomer, was Epher. It is his line that continued
to control the western Mediterranean for several generations.

The late Greek writers at times confused this Atlas, who was also known from
Italian history as Atlas Italus Kitim (because he ruled the land of Kittim),
with another Atlas. That other Atlas was surnamed Maurus and was the descendant,
in Greek tradition, of Japetus and Asia.

Japetus or Iapetus was the Japheth of the Bible. Atlas Maurus is associated
with Spain and North Africa because his people were migrating from the borders
of Asia westward to the New World. The only son of Japheth whose children left
Western Asia and Eastern Europe was Tiras.

Atlas Italus Kitim was succeeded by a son —

Ulus again led an army into Sicily to aid the colonists whose presence there
was still being opposed. At the close of his reign, in 1503, a city was founded
on the coast of Spain by refugees from Greece. The year 1503 is the date of
a great devastation in Thessaly, the flood of Deucalion, in which many perished.
In this period — the ‘neolithic’ — the inhabitants of Thessaly were culturally
like Mexican Indians (‘The Origins of Greek Civilization’, C. G. Starr, p. 17,
footnote) Again notice the harmony of these records.

CHAOS IN SPAIN

Following the recapture of Troy in 1149 many groups of people, conquered
as well as conquerors, sought new homes. As a result several areas of western
and northern Spain were populated. The Lydians achieved dominance after 1149
over all the Mediterranean region, heading the list of Thalassocracies or Sea
Powers. Their dominion in Spain began in 1149. Each of the Sea Powers in turn
dominated Spain until Nebuchadnezzar the Great of Babylon made Spain a part
or the Chaldean Empire for 9 years. After that, the Spaniards of Gades invited
the Carthaginians to come and rule over them. The Carthaginians remained until
expelled by the expanding Roman Empire.

TIME OF THE SEA POWERS

As ancient Troy was the key to control of the Eastern Mediterranean, so Spain
was to the Western Mediterranean. There are noticeable variations between the
two regions that are worth noting. In volume I of the Compendium, in the chapter
on Greek history, the list for the Eastern Mediterranean appears. Below is the
Spanish evidence for the West, including the Atlantic littoral.

There is a gap deliberately inserted in this list. It is similar to attempts
elsewhere to expurgate any record of the Pelasgians, who were the Hebrews of
the Kingdom of Israel.

The missing item should be

This list indicates that the Hebrews became dominant in Spain at the time
the Lydians resettled in the Grecian world in 1101.

The 9 years of Nebuchadnezzar’s dominion began in 578 and lasted until 569,
the year his insanity commenced. He gained dominion over the Mediterranean through
the Phocaeian fleets. Nebuchadnezzar established, as his representative in Spain
a long-lived hero named Aganthonius who ruled 80 years (578-498) to the coming
of the Carthaginians in 498.

With this, the early history of the Spanish is restored. Its important connection
with Biblical and secular history is obvious — and especially so when one remembers
that Spanish historians also mention the 26 years’ drought in Spain referred
to in Irish Annals.

This was the famine in David’s time, and precipitated the establishment of
the Hebrew throne in Ireland.