Re: A China-Sumer connection

a.manansala_at_attbi.com
Date: 03/06/05 

Date: 5 Mar 2005 20:49:46 -0800

phippsmartin@hotmail.com wrote:
> Comm wrote:
>

>
> The basic problem I see is that people living in cities have schools
> but people travelling on the land or on boats only have oral
> traditions. Worse, nomadic people are unlikely to know -or care-
about
> agriculture because it isn't part of their way of life.

History tells us that nomadic people tend to settle down when the
conditions are right. For example, successful Turko-Mongol conquerors
and their people often became city-dwellers.

The Nusantao modulated between semi-permanent and permanent settlements
and eventually became sedentary building elaborate tombs.

> This reminds me of another problem: language. How could Turks or
> Austronesians communicate easily with both Sumers and Chinese?

My belief is that this was the major impetus for early proto-scripts.

Pictographs convey the same meaning and allow people to learn each
other's words. They also provide a protocol for trade transactions.
That may be why many of these marks appear on pottery.

Regards,
Paul Kekai Manansala
http://sambali.blogspot.com/

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