Today we almost completely finished looking at other peoples and civilizations in the Fertile Cresant. Above is an artist's rendition of the famous Tower of Babel, built under the Chaldean King Nebuchadnezzar II around 600BCE.
When we discussed the Phoenicinas, the question was raised whether our word "phonetics" came from that name and their contribution of the 22 letter alphabet that led to the development of our own. We are still undecided after Googling it.
On Thursday, we will finish by looking at the early Persians and their empire and will absolutely begin investigation of the Indus River Valley civilization. Please read pp. 29 - 51 in your text.
