The Encounter of Greece and Rome with the Jews, Egyptians, and Others.

The Encounter of Greece and Rome with the Jews, Egyptians, and Others. “Iuri operam daturum prius nosse oportet, unde nomen iuris descendat. Est autem a iustitia appellatum: nam, ut eleganter Celsus definit, ius est ars boni et aequi. Cuius merito quis nos sacerdotes appellet: iustitiam namque colimus et boni et aequi notitiam profitemur, aequum ab […]

World’s Oldest Dictionaries Are 4,500-Year-Old Cuneiform Tablets

The text is written in the oldest Semitic language yet identified and deciphered with oldest know bilingual dictionary, written in Sumerian (a language already deciphered) and Elbaite. The Elbaites wrote in columns and used both sides of the tablets. Lists of figures were separated from the totals by a blank column. Treaties, description of wars […]