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8 timestamped hits 1 source reading 1 extracted note Aliases: isolate, isolates, sumerian-language-isolates

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Sumerian language isolate

Sumerian is presented as unlike surrounding Semitic languages and unlike any other language in the world.

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Sumerian language isolate

Glossary

Sumerian is presented as unlike surrounding Semitic languages and unlike any other language in the world.

Timestamped Evidence

Gilgamesh Against the Pyramid

2024-11-28, day precision · Civilization #19: Gilgamesh and Mesopotamia's Quest for Immortality

Transcript

"...Sumerian in the world. Okay? It's what is called a language isolate. It is unique. And so, this has puzzled scholars for decades. And..."

Rome's Cult Of No Surrender

2024-11-07, day precision · Civilization #14: Hannibal Barca, Lucius Brutus, and the Triumph of Rome

Transcript

"Rome only has males. So, we will just isolate Rome. Our daughters will not marry into Rome and in 20 years time, Rome will..."

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Gilgamesh Against the Pyramid

2024-11-28, day precision · glossary

Reading

Mesopotamia turns geography into mythology: where Egypt imagines divine generosity and pyramidal immortality, the land between two uncooperative rivers learns struggle, creative destruction, and the more fragile immortality of being remembered by the people...

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