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[QUOTE]Originally posted by zarahan- aka Enrique Cardova: [QB] Indeed, and I am glad you add detail about the Caprines. As numerous scholars note, there was no mass influx of "West Asian" migrants to the Nile Valley re the appearance of certain domesticates. It should be noted that Africa also has its own breed of cattle that was domesticated as well, independently of West Asia. The most credible scenario is of the middlemen gradually incorporating certain imports of plants and animals into the Nile Valley on their own terms. The Chinese incorporated peanuts, potatoes and and corn from South America into their agricultural and saw increases in food production, but no mass migration of Mexicans or Peruvians migrated to China to bring these crops to the natives, nor was any migration necessary. we know the quote- let's play it agaon: [i]"Ovacaprines appear in the western desert before the Nile valley proper (Wendorf and Schild 2001). However, it is significant that ancient Egyptian words for the major Near Eastern domesticates - Sheep, goat, barley, and wheat - are not loans from either Semitic, Sumerian, or Indo-European. This argues against a mass settler colonization (at replacement levels) of the Nile valley from the Near East at this time. This is in contrast with some words for domesticates in some early Semitic languages, which are likely Sumerian loan words (Diakonoff 1981).. This evidence indicates that northern Nile valley peoples apparently incorporated the Near Eastern domesticates into a Nilotic foraging subsistence tradition on their own terms (Wetterstrom 1993). There was apparently no “Neolithic revolution” brought by settler colonization, but a gradual process of neolithicization (Midant-Reynes 2000)."[/i] -- Keita and Boyce, Genetics, Egypt, And History: Interpreting Geographical Patterns Of Y Chromosome Variation, History in Africa 32 (2005) 221-246r Nabta Playa, and the Saharan Zone (which extends into the Sudan) is also important in the formation of the Nile Valley Civilization because of its religious foundations particularly the cattle cults. These indigenous religions were very different from those of West Asia, as several researchers note: QUOTE(s): Encyclopedia Britannica 1984 ed. Macropedia Article, Vol 6: "Egyptian Religion" , pg 506-508 [i]"A large number of gods go back to prehistoric times. The images of a cow and star goddess (Hathor), the falcon (Horus), and the human-shaped figures of the fertility god (Min) can be traced back to that period. Some rites, such as the "running of the Apis-bull," the "hoeing of the ground," and other fertility and hunting rites (e.g., the hippopotamus hunt) presumably date from early times.. Connections with the religions in southwest Asia cannot be traced with certainty." "It is doubtful whether Osiris can be regarded as equal to Tammuz or Adonis, or whether Hathor is related to the "Great Mother." There are closer relations with northeast African religions. The numerous animal cults (especially bovine cults and panther gods) and details of ritual dresses (animal tails, masks, grass aprons, etc) probably are of African origin. The kinship in particular shows some African elements, such as the king as the head ritualist (i.e., medicine man), the limitations and renewal of the reign (jubilees, regicide), and the position of the king's mother (a matriarchal element). Some of them can be found among the Ethiopians in Napata and Meroe, others among the Prenilotic tribes (Shilluk)." [/i] (Encyclopedia Britannica 1984 ed. Macropedia Article, Vol 6: "Egyptian Religion" , pg 506-508) [/QB][/QUOTE]
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