the others. They're all in the Mesopotamian region. Substitute Sumerians in
that list. Can't forget the Code of Hammurabi.
-Kevin
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ben Densmore" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, December 08, 2003 10:09 AM
Subject: RE: Bin Laden's Iraq Plans
> Thanks for the little history lesson. I had never heard of Hittite
> before.
>
>
>
> Ben
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kevin Graeme [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Monday, December 08, 2003 11:08 AM
> To: CF-Community
> Subject: Re: Bin Laden's Iraq Plans
>
>
>
> Hittite is the oldest known written Indo-European language. The Hittites
> were a significant people in their day along with Mesopotamians,
> Babylonians, Assyrians and Akkadians. All right there in the Iran, Iraq,
> Turkey areas. It's part of the whole Tigris and Euphrates, cradle of
> civilization thing.
>
> -Kevin
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Ben Densmore" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Monday, December 08, 2003 10:01 AM
> Subject: RE: Bin Laden's Iraq Plans
>
> > The founder of Hittite is of middle eastern descent. I believe he is
> > from Turkey? Somewhere around there. Is Hittite a middle eastern word?
> > I'll have to look it up. I never gave much thought to what name of the
> > company had to do with. I have only been here a couple of months now
> so
> > it never really dawned on me.
> >
> >
> >
> > Ben
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Kevin Graeme [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Sent: Monday, December 08, 2003 10:54 AM
> > To: CF-Community
> > Subject: Re: Bin Laden's Iraq Plans
> >
> >
> >
> > Hrm. Remind me again why we went into Iraq instead of concentrating on
> > the
> > real terrorists?
> >
> > And since I'm almost completely naive about the languages in the
> region,
> > what is the grammatical difference between "Qaeda" and "Al Qaeda"? The
> > article uses both.
> >
> > And slightly more tangentially, how much similarity do modern
> > middle-eastern
> > languages bear to Hittite? And at an even more oblique tangent, why
> does
> > a
> > microwave communications company use the name "Hittite"?
> >
> > -Kevin
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Ben Densmore" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Sent: Monday, December 08, 2003 8:47 AM
> > Subject: Bin Laden's Iraq Plans
> >
> > > I didn't see this posted here yet so I thought I'd pass it along.
> This
> > > stuff needs to end soon or we'll be running short on troops.
> > >
> > > http://www.msnbc.com/news/1002197.asp
> > >
> > >
> > > Ben
> >
> > _____
> >
> >
> >
>
> _____
>
>
>
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