Comments by "doveton sturdee" (@dovetonsturdee7033) on "The strange idea of indigenous, African civilisations: a modern fairy tale for the gullible" video.

Ge'ez is actually a Semitic writing system. 'Palaeography of the Ancient South Arabian script. New evidence for an absolute chronology. In: Arabian archaeology and epigraphy 24 (2013), pp. 186-195.'
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I though we were required to believe that they had developed flight??
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@adaptivelearner6162 Read the study I recommended, if you seek a scholarly opinion.
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@redacted461 The first recorded evidence of Arabs, and the first traces od the Arabic language, date from the 9th century B.C. The first attested home of recognisably 'Arab' communities is the Syrian Desert. The Aksumite Empire, centered on the town of Axum, arose in the 1st Century A.D.
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@redacted461 Presumably, you still refuse to read academic sources, but still cling to generalised references? Arabic is a Semitic language that first appeared in the mid-ninth century BC, in Northern Arabia and Sahara southern Levant. Simply look it up for yourself. Arabic is related to other Semitic languages, such as Hebrew and Aramaic, but unlike these, Arabic is itself a root language, like Latin. Nothing in your last paragraph contradicts anything I have previously written. The issue is not about the Aksumite Empire, but about the origins of Axum.
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@redacted461 But you referred to 'the first ever Arabic inscription was recorded in the 7th century' which is not the same thing at all. Most languages existed in spoken form many centuries befor they were written. Do you think that a language only springs into existence once it appears in written form? I don't ever recall writing "trust me bro" by the way. Please direct me to where I did. Oh, and you haven't even mentioned any source. I did, if you look back at my comments. 'The Arab script they use today is definitely not older than 5th century and im being generous here.' I agree, but how is that relevant? 'The Ethiopian Bible is literally older than the Quran.' Of course it is, but again, how is that relevant? ' By his logic English doesn't belong to Britain because it uses Latin script.' What a bizarre notion. The immediate ancestor of English, Anglo-Saxon, existed in spoken form well before it came to be written. 'Old English' was written in Runic form before the Latin alphabet was re-introduced by Missionaries from Ireland. 'Even the Quran mentions of Ethiopians ruling Yemen and there is Quranic mythology where an Ethiopian "tyrant" king tried to demolish the Kabba in mecca Again, how is that even remotely relevant to the origins of Axum? To quote a bon mot used by one of my former tutors, 'The only thing more tedious than someone who doesn't know what he is talking about is someone who doesn't know that he doesn't know what he is talking about.' I will leave it at that. My conversation with you ends at this point.
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