Wesley Huff
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Akkadian is just after. So it exists kind of in a crossover where Sumerian predates Akkadian, but Akkadian develops alongside. And then, you know, as cultures like the Assyrians come into power and kind of subvert the Sumerians.
I think like 4,000 to 5,000 years ago.
I think like 4,000 to 5,000 years ago.
I think like 4,000 to 5,000 years ago.
And then Akkadian is when? There's some overlap, but it develops into a language like just after, like the rise. And Akkadian develops into like, it has stages. And then you have like Babylonian, Proto-Babylonian, Persian, Old Persian, Elamite as we looked at.
And then Akkadian is when? There's some overlap, but it develops into a language like just after, like the rise. And Akkadian develops into like, it has stages. And then you have like Babylonian, Proto-Babylonian, Persian, Old Persian, Elamite as we looked at.
And then Akkadian is when? There's some overlap, but it develops into a language like just after, like the rise. And Akkadian develops into like, it has stages. And then you have like Babylonian, Proto-Babylonian, Persian, Old Persian, Elamite as we looked at.
Yeah. Or at least that we figured out that looks like writing. Yeah. I'm really hoping to go to Gobekli Tepe. Okay.
Yeah. Or at least that we figured out that looks like writing. Yeah. I'm really hoping to go to Gobekli Tepe. Okay.
Yeah. Or at least that we figured out that looks like writing. Yeah. I'm really hoping to go to Gobekli Tepe. Okay.
Yeah. I mean, I'm not an archaeologist. I have friends who are archaeologists. And I think it's... Archaeology is tricky because so much of archaeology is dependent on governments and institutions and funding. That getting mad at archaeologists for not excavating is kind of like getting mad at construction workers for not fixing your potholes.
Yeah. I mean, I'm not an archaeologist. I have friends who are archaeologists. And I think it's... Archaeology is tricky because so much of archaeology is dependent on governments and institutions and funding. That getting mad at archaeologists for not excavating is kind of like getting mad at construction workers for not fixing your potholes.
Yeah. I mean, I'm not an archaeologist. I have friends who are archaeologists. And I think it's... Archaeology is tricky because so much of archaeology is dependent on governments and institutions and funding. That getting mad at archaeologists for not excavating is kind of like getting mad at construction workers for not fixing your potholes.
Where it's like, yeah, they're kind of doing the last stage. So, yeah, I mean, I think there's certainly incentive by the Turkish government to want to capitalize on that being a tourist destination. And... you really need to safeguard archeological excavations because otherwise it's being compromised and like pillaging and stuff like that. It happens.
Where it's like, yeah, they're kind of doing the last stage. So, yeah, I mean, I think there's certainly incentive by the Turkish government to want to capitalize on that being a tourist destination. And... you really need to safeguard archeological excavations because otherwise it's being compromised and like pillaging and stuff like that. It happens.
Where it's like, yeah, they're kind of doing the last stage. So, yeah, I mean, I think there's certainly incentive by the Turkish government to want to capitalize on that being a tourist destination. And... you really need to safeguard archeological excavations because otherwise it's being compromised and like pillaging and stuff like that. It happens.
I mean, when I was in Egypt two summers ago and you go to the Valley of the Kings, they've got security cameras up everywhere. Because there are tombs there that we still haven't discovered. And so they're like, we don't want people digging around in here looking for.