Also, modern man emerged in the cradle of civilization - Europe, [not] Ethiopia.
There has never been any civilization in Ethiopia that I know of until us Europeans went there, colonized them, fed them, civilized, educated, and tamed them.
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Somehow, I think that Stultorum failed his history class. I wonder if he would throw even more of a fit if he knew that civilization came out of the mideast originally, and then spread into Africa faster than it spread to Europe. The Egyptians were busy building pyramids while the Europeans were figuring out how to turn meat brown over fires.
I admit I'm not too familiar with Ethiopia per se , but if he thinks that Africa had nothing but mud huts before 17th-century Europeans came in and took over, I'd like to ask him where the heck he thinks the pyramids came from (not to mention countless megalithic statues, columns, obelisks, and temple walls) -- hardly the work of people who had not been civilized, educated, and "tamed"(!).
Well, the Bible would disagree with you. According to the Bible, the disciple Steven met an Ethiopian Eunuch on the road, spoke with him at great length, and the Ethiopian took Christianity back to his native land with him. When European colonizers arrived in Ethiopia, they found a Christian people, and declined to occupy them. In fact, Ethiopia is the only nation in Africa to escape that particular fate.
There has never been any civilization in Ethiopia that I know of
LOL at the idea of Europe having been the cradle of civilization. And how much do you want to guess this guy believes in the Bible , which came out of the Near East?
Good score by Sandman, except the European powers didn't decline to occupy Ethiopia, they assigned it to Italy, but the Italians got their asses kicked by the Ethiopians. Unfortunately Mussolini later came back to do the job, and Ethiopia has been pretty much in the mire ever since.
China, Mesopotamia, Egypt...any of this ringing a bell? If not, ancient history is a fascinating subject.
<<Papabear, I don't think the question is 'Were you homeschooled?' but 'Were you ever schooled?>>
FWIIW, Homeschooling seems to be a pretty good deal.
Ethiopia was colonized by fascist Italy for a few years, and I don't think they educated them, unless it was an education in death by mustard gas.
The ethiopians were never "tamed", they continued to resist italian rule untill they finaly won in 1942. Ethiopian volunteers then went on to fight in north africa, and a battalion also went to france in 1944.
I might have been beaten to this, but...
Ethiopia was one of the few African countries to remain independent up until the 20th century, then it was briefly occupied by Italy under Mussolini.
Well, let's see what I remember from ancient history class.
The first four major civilizations were:
And I'm sure you've never heard of the Kingdom of Aksum...which originated around what is now Ethiopia.
Whoops, no Europe.
Genetics strongly suggests that all humanity originated in Africa.
OTOH, this is pretty normal for Freepers.
Confused?
So were we! You can find all of this, and more, on Fundies Say the Darndest Things!
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