<!--QuoteBegin-ramana+Jul 30 2007, 04:35 AM-->QUOTE(ramana @ Jul 30 2007, 04:35 AM)<!--QuoteEBegin-->When do the Palestines first show up? Are they same as Phoenicians?
Could they be refugees from the destruction of Troy who settled in Middle East from Anatolia?
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That's a near sacrilege for the typical europeanist mindset which is not even willing to admit Hurrian as native to the European "extension" of Anatolia (but they will gladly jettison the Etruscans over to Anatolia).
Phoenicians are notable for the innovation of a pliable alphabetic script, a near exact corollary to the decimal number system (for which Indian origin is indisputable). Dr. Elst has a famous comment that it is no accident that a marginal ME trading group comes out with the alphabetic script, probably in connection with their Harappan partners. The structure of the Varnamala is intimately tied to an alphabetic innovation; not so in the Mideast derivatives.
There have also been some claims for a 'Panis' connection.
Could they be refugees from the destruction of Troy who settled in Middle East from Anatolia?
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That's a near sacrilege for the typical europeanist mindset which is not even willing to admit Hurrian as native to the European "extension" of Anatolia (but they will gladly jettison the Etruscans over to Anatolia).
Phoenicians are notable for the innovation of a pliable alphabetic script, a near exact corollary to the decimal number system (for which Indian origin is indisputable). Dr. Elst has a famous comment that it is no accident that a marginal ME trading group comes out with the alphabetic script, probably in connection with their Harappan partners. The structure of the Varnamala is intimately tied to an alphabetic innovation; not so in the Mideast derivatives.
There have also been some claims for a 'Panis' connection.