The World’s Oldest Living Proverb Discovered Thriving in Ethiopia

The world’s oldest living proverb, from around 3,800 years ago, is found on a tablet from the Assyrian empire. The proverb has been documented from later eras, northwest from the Middle East up into Europe, as far northwest as Britain. Evidence is given here now demonstrating that the proverb is al...

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Main Author: Peter Unseth
Format: Article
Language:deu
Published: Universität Hamburg Hiob Ludolf Centre for Ethiopian and Eritrean Studies Asien-Afrika-Institut Alsterterrasse 1 D-20354 Hamburg Germany 2019-04-01
Series:Aethiopica
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Online Access:https://journals.sub.uni-hamburg.de/aethiopica/article/view/1147