• tetris11@lemmy.ml
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    12 days ago

    I wonder if they were referring to the protoindoeuropeans, who just slowly wandered the earth spreading their language

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      11 days ago

      Why would Akkadian or semite myths speak about a people that not only isn’t theirs, but also unknown?

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        12 days ago

        that’s a trap question and you know it!

        (because I thought they shared the same ancestor, but apparently they don’t – there, ya happy now?)

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          11 days ago

          Sorry, I didn’t mean to come across this way. I didn’t think you thought Akkadians or Sumerians were Indo-European peoples. Indeed, your idea makes more sense now.

          My understanding was that you thought a people could have myths centered on another people. I also didn’t understand how thought possible to tell stories about an unknown people. No point in arguing over this now, since it’s all clear now.

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            11 days ago

            (I wanna fight some more!)

            But yeah I didnt realise this was history memes, and that people do practice and correct knowledge here haha