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<blockquote data-quote="Yaarel" data-source="post: 8605313" data-attributes="member: 58172">Most Afroasiatic languages are African, spaning most of North Africa. Today this originally prehistoric language group is spoken by extremely diverse ethnicities from Haiti to Iran, as well as diaspora everywhere on the planet.Egypt is very much Africa, culturally.Because modern Egyptians are Arabic speakers and majority Muslim, and indeed is one of the leading cultural centers of the Arab world, it is easy for the Western world to generalize Egypt as a &quot;Mideastern&quot; nation, a term that is itself literally Euro-centric.It is worth mentioning that even the ancient Aramaic speakers of Mesopotamia, are fundamentally influenced by the language and cultures of Sumerian speaking ethnic groups, which is a Nonafroasiatic language.Meanwhile, when seeking to understand the ancient Egyptian ethnic groups and their cultures, one must compare the African neighboring ethnicities, especially to understand religious concepts and customs, as well as the language and secular customs.Egypt is unlike Mesopotamia.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Yaarel, post: 8605313, member: 58172"] Most Afroasiatic languages are African, spaning most of North Africa. Today this originally prehistoric language group is spoken by extremely diverse ethnicities from Haiti to Iran, as well as diaspora everywhere on the planet. Egypt is very much Africa, culturally. Because modern Egyptians are Arabic speakers and majority Muslim, and indeed is one of the leading cultural centers of the Arab world, it is easy for the Western world to generalize Egypt as a "Mideastern" nation, a term that is itself literally Euro-centric. It is worth mentioning that even the ancient Aramaic speakers of Mesopotamia, are fundamentally influenced by the language and cultures of Sumerian speaking ethnic groups, which is a Nonafroasiatic language. Meanwhile, when seeking to understand the ancient Egyptian ethnic groups and their cultures, one must compare the African neighboring ethnicities, especially to understand religious concepts and customs, as well as the language and secular customs. Egypt is unlike Mesopotamia. [/QUOTE]

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