Glen wrote
> (Because Ubaid was Sumerian-speaking and part of the general
Nostratic
> language area that begat Kartvelian as well...)
Sorry Glen, Ubaid was not Sumerian speaking, but was in fact
multiethnic in origin. It established Iraq as the home of three
language groups existing and in fact interprentrating
- Semitic to the West
- Sumerian to the South
- Hurrian to the North
The culture of Ubaid drew equally upon all of these sources,
including
the Hadji Muhammed and Samara cultures ultimately derived from
Hassuna.
Regards
John