[pythonlion]

"Early settlers worked this ground to grow crops and domesticate animals; eventually, around 6,000 years ago, agriculture led to urbanization. These early cities — Eridu, Uruk, Ur and others — relied heavily on the natural resources of the marshes and were strung along waterways and latticed with canals to give access to the plains, the Gulf and to one another. " this people weren't arabs as far as I know arabs came 1500 years ago. I know language is not ethnicity but the Sumerian and Akkadian cultures are dead for long time. the story is s still sad but its the same story every where

[idnefju]

Globalization will take more cultures with it. You see everyone with a freaking nike shirt and adidas shoes.

> I know language is not ethnicity…

It is definitely part of ethnicity just like religion, customs, and dance, etc.