I wrote:
>True, you're right. Unfortunately John is still trying to
>understand why it is that archaeologically attested cultures do not go
> >hand in hand with prehistoric linguistic areas. Sigh.
>
>And Glen seems to think religious belief is tied hand in hand with
>movements of language. Double sigh
How so, John? Dillusional again? True the Semitish language and
SemitoEuropoid belief system entered together into Europe. But why? Because
of the spread of agriculture. We also happen to see a correlation with the
direction of genetics simply because of a clear migration of people into the
area. People who move tend to bring language, genetics AND belief systems
with them.
In contrast however, the SemitoEuropoid belief, centered in West Anatolia,
spreads not only into Europe but into other Semitoid cultures (Semitic) as
well as Egyptian. This is therefore _fully_ independent from language.
Further, eventually we see Akkadian-speaking people migrating into
Sumerian-speaking territory and putting a new spin on Sumerian beliefs with
a SemitoEuropoid flavour. Again, independent of language spread.
When will John learn.
- gLeN
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