Well, *some* data, that's true, but it's hardly IMHO what I would term as "reliable." In my example, FREX, can we reliably identify who the Sea Peoples are, or have a discussion on Daily Life of Sumeria? Just IMHO, a listing of kings and who they conquered this season does not constitute reliable records...
And AFAIK there were no writing civilizations prior to 3000bc... Damon ------------------------------------------------------------ Damon Agretto [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum." http://www.geocities.com/garrand.geo/index.html Now Building: Trumpeter's Marder I auf GW 38(h) Sent from my BlackBerry wireless handheld. ------------------------------------------------------------ Sent from my BlackBerry wireless handheld. -----Original Message----- From: "Alberto Monteiro" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2006 18:05:51 To:Killer Bs Discussion <[email protected]> Subject: Re: A question about Contacting Aliens Damon Agretto wrote: > > Sorry, I definitely disagree that we have reliable written records > from 6000 or even 3000 years ago; the former pre-dates writing in > general, and the latter has huge gaps, depending on what you're > studying (who, exactly, were the Sea Peoples?) > But we have some data from 6,000 years ago, like those tables from Sumeria, and the stuff in the pyramids from some time before 3,000 years ago. > We really only start to get reliable records only in the Middle Ages > in Europe, slightly earlier in other civilizations (even then there > wil be gaps, depending on which Chinese emperor goes on a book- > burning binge). > > So yeah, 3000 is still an "Age of Myth" especially when you consider > the Trojan War occurred during this period... > Ok, but there's no sharp transition from Myth to History. Alberto Monteiro _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l .
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