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To: Moominoid who wrote (30696)	4/3/2003 1:56:29 AM
From: Moominoid	Respond to of 74559

Assyrian is also an Aramaic dialect: assyrianlanguage.com Seems that they use a modified version of Arabic script mixed up with the ancient Aramaic script. Modern Hebrew is actually written in the ancient Aramaic Alphabet. Originally it was written in the Caananite Alphabet (Hebrew is a dialect of Canaanite). But seems the Aramaic speakers switched alphabets again. Of course the Arabic alphabet (and Greek and Latin) are all derived from the ancient Caananite alphabet...

To: Moominoid who wrote (30696)	4/3/2003 2:12:03 PM
From: Cogito Ergo Sum	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74559

LOL... I know I found a lot of stuff too but as you say it gets very convoluted. I've always found this stuff very fascinating though ever since I was a kid. For example for some reason whenever I think of the Roman empire (not a daily happening :o) I have the image in my mind of the empire map under Trajan when they (Romans) temporarily controlled the entire fertile crescent... Another thing that I found neat was during the Afghan conflict the images of the people, especially many from the north that looked so oriental, like Chinese or Tibetans maybe.. I had for some reason expected to see a more homogeneous population. The visuals really make an impact and in encourage more digging.. Wish I had a lot of time on my hands :o)