NMC260Y1 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Old Assyrian Empire, Semitic Languages
23 Oct 2015
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Amorite: old babylonian period 1st babylonian dynasty neo- Old assyrian empire assyrians empire 1365-1050 neo: this process then blurs and obscures the biological origins and relationship among people. i. e. for example, i mentioned the identity of the canaanites and phoenicians. This is based on evidence of language, culture, and religious practices: but if we examine hebrew origins we find that they were the same people also. The difference came about when god performed a memorable work in bringing the descendants of abraham out of bondage in egypt: they then separated themselves from their genetic brothers. This separation became important in demonstrating loyalty to god, and has clung to the jews to this day. The semitic languages are divided into four groups: (1) northern peripheral, or northeastern, with only one language, ancient. Akkadian (2) northern central, or northwestern, including the ancient canaanite, amorite, Ugaritic, phoenician (later punic), aramaic, ancient and modern syriac, and.
