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A HISTORICAL LIE: THE STONE AGE

fying only so long as we accept the mind itself as a given. Once we try
to explain the mind as a product of its own discoveries, we are in a hall
of mirrors with no exit. 62

The fact that Darwinists are quite unable to account for their
own human minds reveals that the claims they make about Man's
cultural and social history are also invalid. Indeed, all the facts and
findings we have reviewed so far makes Darwinists' claims regard-
ing the "evolution of history" totally meaningless.
Contrary to what evolutionists claim, the history of mankind is
full of proofs that ancient peoples possessed far superior technolo-
gies and civilizations than had been believed. One of these civiliza-
tions is that of the Sumerians. The artifacts they left behind are some
of the proofs of the accumulated knowledge possessed by mankind
thousands of years ago.

The Sumerians: An Advanced Civilization

Mesopotamia means "between rivers" in Greek. This region is
one of the most fertile in the world, which has made it the cradle of
great civilizations.
One group of people who emerged from south of these lands—
from the region now known as Kuwait and northern Saudi Arabia—
spoke a different language from other communities, lived in cities,
were ruled by a monarchy based on a legal structure, and used writ-
ing. These were the Sumerians, who developed rapidly by founding
great city-states from 3,000 BCE on, and brought great numbers of
people under their sway. 63
At a later date, the Sumerians were defeated by the Akkadians
and passed under their yoke. However, by adopting the Sumerians'
culture, religion, art, law, state structure and literature, the

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