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To: SunkenCiv

I’m thinking neolithic farmers also migrated southwest, finally arriving at the fertile Nile, displacing whatever hunter-gatherers might have been there, and starting Egyptian civilization.


30 posted on 07/26/2020 10:40:03 AM PDT by SauronOfMordor (A Leftist can't enjoy life unless they are controlling, hurting, or destroying others)
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To: SauronOfMordor
Farming as it developed in the Nile valley was flood-dependent; they were probably doing that for a very long while, and were enjoying gathering a pretty rich bounty before that. Remains of a large Neolithic town in the Nile basin somewhere (I forget) were discovered and excavated some years ago. The remains consisted of postholes for the structures and a layer of ash from the incineration of the town in a single final event. Found throughout the ash? Stone arrowheads and spearheads (y'know, for some unknown reason ;^).

33 posted on 07/26/2020 10:50:15 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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