near-eastern-civilizational-roots
Identifies the Near East, particularly Minoan and Semitic cultures, as the foundational sources for Greek and Western civilizations.
1 chapter across 1 book
The 12th Planet (1976)Zecharia Sitchin
The chapter examines the archaeological evidence from the Near East revealing a significant regression in human culture from 100,000 to 13,000 years ago, followed by a rapid reemergence of advanced civilization around 11,000 B.C., marked by the origins of agriculture and animal domestication. It highlights the Near East as the cradle of early farming and settled communities, connecting biblical narratives with scientific findings, and traces the roots of Western civilization to earlier Near Eastern cultures, emphasizing the transmission of alphabets and the Semitic identity of the Achaemenid Persian kings.