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"it has only been since we invented a written language" Hebrew: The World's Oldest Alphabet: - The Jews invent vowels - jpost.com == "It wasn't the church that gave us democracy (Jews did that), ethics(Jews did that) , the scientific method and our modern civilization" Did The Hebrew Bible Give Birth To Democracy? jewishweek.timesofisrael.com == How The Ancient Hebrews’ Deep Faith Affected The West’s Cultural Development While a relatively tiny minority of people now and ever have been religiously Jewish, that minority religion has had inestimably large effects on the West and world. By Joy Pullmann JANUARY 12, 2018 If Western civilization can be said to have a clear beginning, the ancient Hebrews are it. After the introductory lecture I discussed here, Hillsdale College’s free online Western history class we’re working our way through together therefore begins with this little tribe in the Middle East. thefederalist.com