Thank you for all your post of ancient civilizations. There is so much history in this area untold to laymen.Sometimes I wonder if this is because it may contradict with biblical history. If you come accross any good Sumerian history, that would also be interesting.
No, quite the reverse. The Bible is one of the first sources a historian looks at when researching the ancient Middle East. For instance, the Assyrians were entirely lost to history out-side of the Bible until archeologists began finding their cities.
History’s a tough sell on a good day; it’s nice to spend time here on FreeRepublic, because there’s so much interest in history of all kinds. Obviously most of us FReepers have a stronger interest in current events, but until something has happened, it can’t *be* a current event, and all of that is just history as soon as it happens. :’) The GGG list numbers 753 names, quite a few really. I have yet to clean up the list a bit, I need to check for goners.
Anyway, many thanks for your kind remarks and your interest! I’m sure there are topics about Sumerians, hmm, try these:
http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/sumeria/index
http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/sumerian/index
http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/sumerians/index
http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/cuneiform/index
There is so much history that is just lost.
When I think about what we lost when the library at Alexandria burned I get physically ill.
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.