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[QUOTE]Originally posted by ausar: [QB] [QUOTE]LOL-I don't have to prove anything to you. Berber is North African last time I checked it is not 'African.' Not in the cultural sense. We taught Africa not vice versa. Egypt was Semitic and those were the people who made the pyramids. If you see the heiroglyphs you would see it is very similar to that of Punic. It also was similar to the writing style of Sumeria. Last time I checked in Middle East. Please educate yourself. wikipedia [/QUOTE]Northern African is not African? Unless Northern Africa floats off the continent of Africa and attaches itself somewhere else then it is African. You make absolutely no sense. You further contridict yourself by saying ancient Egyptian was Semitic but similar to non-Semitic languages like Sumerian. How can Punic and hieroglyphics be similar when both don't even look similar much less are examples of similar writing. Plus Punic writing developed at a later time period than did hieroglyphics. Middle East is a modern Orientalist term that did not exist in antiquity so its not really valid when studying antiquity. I will repeat this for you to understand:Semitic is not a racial or ethnic group but a linguistic classification!!!! Your wikipedia reference does not support any of your assertions but here is a reference that supports mine about ancient Egyptian being non-Semitic: From: Frank Joseph Yurco - view profile Date: Wed, Feb 25 1998 12:00 am Email: fjyu...@midway.uchicago.edu (Frank Joseph Yurco) Groups: sci.anthropology, soc.culture.african.american, soc.culture.egyptian, sci.archaeology, sci.anthropology.paleo Not yet rated Rating: show options Reply | Reply to Author | Forward | Print | Individual Message | Show original | Report Abuse | Find messages by this author Dear Philip, Your views need some emending: First, the ancient Egyptians were not a Semitic people. Their language, Egypto-Coptic is part of the North African branch of the Afro-Asiatic language family. Semitic languages belong to the eastern, western Asian branch of this language family. Thus Egypt is African in culture, not Semitic. Most sincerely, Frank J. Yurco University of Chicago -- Frank Joseph Yurco fjyu...@midway.uchicago.edu [/QB][/QUOTE]
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