From: S.Kalyanaraman
Message: 27610
Date: 2003-11-26
> humility. I will.I am listening to scholars on other lists too. Here is a note from
--- In akandabaratam@yahoogroups.com, fritzv@... wrote:
> http://www.nb.no/baser/schoyen/4/4.2/421.html#2814
>
> To place Melluha in some SE Asian locaton does not make much
sense! The > Sumerians and Akkadians are said to have traded with
the Melluhans, in > timber, ivory and some metals. Now, why would
the ancient Sumerians > travel all the way around India, in the open
seas, to SE Asia to obtain > these commodities that they wanted,
when the same were available all > along th Western Coast of India,
from the Indus to the Malaya Mpountains > of South India. These were
astute traders; business people. Now, any one > with sufficient
understanding with the rules of business enterprise will > realize
that the primary objective in business is to buy cheap and sell
> high. When some one can go next door to buy an article, why would
he > travel half way around the world to obtain the same? For all we
know the > Sumerians were totally ignorant of the existance of SE
Asia. Are there > any remnants of Sumerian artifacts found in SE
Asia?