Quotes from Roger D. Woodard

In order to witness clearly the march of humanity from its inception to the present moment, an understanding of how humankind has held encounter with the divine as central is crucial. Ancient humanity provides us with an excellent laboratory for gaining such an understanding.

Brahmi seems to have been adapted from a Semitic writing system .. Brahmi is the ancestor of most of the writing systems used in India.

Akkadian loanwords are completely assimilated to Aramaic, both phonologically and morphologically.

Proto Indo European!