Editing Primary Chronicle (section)

=== Biblical origin ===
The ''Primary Chronicle'' traces the history of the Slavic people all the way back to the times of [[Noah]], whose three sons inherited the Earth:

* '''[[Shem]]''' inherited the eastern region: [[Persia]], [[Bactria]], [[Syria]], [[Media (region)|Media]], [[Babylon]], [[Shem|Cordyna]], [[Assyria]], [[Mesopotamia]], [[Arabian Peninsula|Arabia]], [[Elymais]], [[India]], [[Coele-Syria|Coelesyria]], [[Commagene]], [[Phoenicia]].{{cn|date=September 2022}}
* '''[[Ham (son of Noah)|Ham]]''' inherited the southern region: [[Egypt]], [[Libya]], [[Numidia]], [[Massy (Biblical region)|Massy]]ris, [[Mauretania|Maurentania]], [[Cilicia]], [[Pamphylia]], [[Mysia]], [[Lycaonia]], [[Phrygia]], [[Camalaniugan|Camalia]], [[Lycia]]. [[Caria]], [[Lydia]], [[Moesia]], [[Troaș River|Troas]], [[Thessaly|Aeolia]], [[Bithynia]], [[Sardinia]], [[Crete]], [[Cyprus]].{{cn|date=September 2022}}
* '''[[Japheth]]''' gained north-western territories: [[Armenia]], [[Great Britain|Britain]], [[Illyria]], [[Dalmatia]], [[Ionia]], [[Macedonia (region)|Macedonia]], [[Media (region)|Media]], [[Paphlagonia]], [[Cappadocia]], [[Scythia]], and [[Thessaly]].{{cn|date=September 2022}}

The [[Varangians]], the [[Swedes]], the [[Normans]], the [[Rus' people|Rus]], and others were named as descendants of Japheth. In the very beginning, humanity was united into a single nation, but after the fall of the [[Tower of Babel]], the [[Slavic race]] was derived from the line of Japheth, “since they are the Noricians, who are identified with the Slavs.”{{sfn|Cross|Sherbowitz-Wetzor|1953|p=52}}{{npsn|date=May 2023}}