Doug M Wrote:
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> The only thing that is laughable is the attempts
> by non Africans to define what is African and what
> isn't. The fact is that North Western and Nordic
> Europe were not the originators of civilization in
> 5,000 B.C.

Well duh. Who said they were? However prehistoric monuments
do suggest a level of at least tribal organization.

All of those things took place in
> Africa, Asia and the parts of Southern Europe
> where they had contact with these places.

Double Duh.

> Mesopotamia is not in Europe. Egypt is not in
> Europe.

He knows his geography anyway.

Therefore, the only fight is against
> those from Europe who feel a need to identify the
> places outside of Europe where civilization began
> as some sort of "European" tradition,

Not European perhaps but there is no question that the Levant was a profound
influence on what became Western Civilization. See Judaism and Christianity.