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To: muawiyah
"The current theory traces ALL writing to a single source ~ Sumer."

Some believe that the Sumerians were not native to that area and were from places in the east. Refugees from Sundaland?

12 posted on 10/20/2006 11:17:53 AM PDT by blam
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To: blam
The Sumerians were quite simply herdsmen. They followed animal herds wherever they went, North to South, South to North, and established a series of base camps along the Euphrates River.

No doubt they were following the herds North from Sundaland as the Ice Age ended and Sundland was gradually covered with water.

Folks speaking a cognate language went all the way to Norway following the herds ~ most likely reindeer.

Later on Semitic and Indo-European speakers moved in on their territory. They were reduced to being "scribes" while the Semites and Indo-Europeans went about creating Babylon and Persia.

I suspect the Sumerians made a good living out of the "scribe" business for the next few thousand years.

13 posted on 10/20/2006 11:22:56 AM PDT by muawiyah
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