>Well, according to some of the latest research coming out of the archaeology
>from the Middle East, the number is being pushed back. There are sites from
>Turkey, which have been overlooked for years, that are just now being dated.
>It seems like the "civilized" cultures who lived in Turkey may have actually
>predated the Sumerians.
Like I said in my previous post, a Civilization is different from a
Culture, and I used it in an exactingly defined way. One of the primary
differences between the two is that a Civilization has writing, and employs
it. So The Romans were a civilization, but the ancient Germans a culture.
Do the finds in Turkey also include writing? That's the big thing.
Damon.
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