[blam]

"Problem is, the Sumerians, Akkadians and Chaldeans who inhabited that area for 2000 years were not arabs. The arabs were later inhabitants who came after Muhammed set them on the march of conquest.

This Guy thinks the Sumerians may have come from South East Asia. He makes a pretty good case in his excellent book too. Wise Men From The East?

[needlenose_neely]

Sumerians were Semites. I think he is off base.
They are closer related to the Assyrians, Babylonians and other Chaldean groups, as well as those of the lower steppes above the Caspian sea.