For Further Reading On This Topic
Evidence of violence:
Ancient seafaring:
Thanks and credit are due to the following for information and imagery:
Books for further reading:
Mesopotamia Before History by Ptr Charvat
The History of Babylonia by Robert William Rogers and Charles River Editors
The Babylonian Story of the Great Flood & The Epic of Gilgamesh by E.A. Wallis Budge
Hindu Gods and Heroes Studies in the History of the Religion of India by Lionel D. Barnett
The Rosetta Stone by E.A. Wallis and Matthew Vossler
Wonderful Ethiopians of the Ancient Cushite Empire by Dunjee Houston
Books for fun:
Foundation Trilogy by Isaac Asimov
Guns Germs and Steel by Jared Diamond