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]]> By: Graham J. F. de S. Wheeler http://jacobite.wordpress.com/2008/03/29/chorea-gigantum/#comment-736 Graham J. F. de S. Wheeler Mon, 31 Mar 2008 09:08:31 +0000 http://jacobite.wordpress.com/?p=147#comment-736 I wouldn't necessarily say that 2500 BC was all that long ago (especially given that homo sapiens has been around for about 200,000 years). The Old Kingdom in Egypt was at its height, and the Akkadian Empire was soon to be formed in Mesopotamia. Also, the British Isles were into the Neolithic by then, so the seasonal cycles probably would have meant something to the locals as they sowed and reaped their crops. Perhaps we could also speculate on their religious beliefs and social structures on the basis of comparative evidence from other primitive agrarian societies. If, like me, you also believe in anthropological (near-)universals, the task becomes easier again. And perhaps they did speak a language related to Basque. Also, I wonder how closely we (as in we Anglo-Celts) are genetically related to these chaps. PS - Homer (or at least the Iliad) is most plausibly dated to the 600s BC, though the previous orthodoxy (700s) does still have adherents. There are indications that the Odyssey may be even later. I wouldn’t necessarily say that 2500 BC was all that long ago (especially given that homo sapiens has been around for about 200,000 years). The Old Kingdom in Egypt was at its height, and the Akkadian Empire was soon to be formed in Mesopotamia. Also, the British Isles were into the Neolithic by then, so the seasonal cycles probably would have meant something to the locals as they sowed and reaped their crops. Perhaps we could also speculate on their religious beliefs and social structures on the basis of comparative evidence from other primitive agrarian societies. If, like me, you also believe in anthropological (near-)universals, the task becomes easier again. And perhaps they did speak a language related to Basque.

Also, I wonder how closely we (as in we Anglo-Celts) are genetically related to these chaps.

PS – Homer (or at least the Iliad) is most plausibly dated to the 600s BC, though the previous orthodoxy (700s) does still have adherents. There are indications that the Odyssey may be even later.

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