This is exactly the reason that I love GGG. It brings me archeology, anthropology, pre-Biblical history - from cultures and times so distant that they are practically forgotten in the minds of men.
So why there is a definite and strong group of posters who use the Bible as the Ultimate Word on everything, including pre-Christian history, it is also a great thing to know that here at FR there are also people who are open to non-biblical history.
I learn so much from GGG. I had never even *heard* of Urartu. Its location in the Muslim Crescent might make its study completely rejected from a modern political perspective. Yet here this post is!
Bravo, SunkenCiv! Knowledge should know no boundaries, or be eschewed, because of politics. All human history affects us - especially that which we do not know.
Thanks worst-case scenario! Love your profile, I wish I could write that succinctly. I’m sure I’ll still be using hyphens, parentheticals, and my best friend the ellipsis for some time to come. ;’)