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hbarka ◴[03 Jul 25 03:42 UTC] No.44451434[source]▶

Can’t we think of it as just one large land mass? Maybe 5000 years ago the Sinai peninsula was more land, less sea—the Red Sea not as big, and the Gulf of Suez and the Gulf of Aqaba as we know it now was land mass. Then it wouldn’t be hard to imagine freedom of travel in all kinds of directions.

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1. KurSix ◴[03 Jul 25 07:12 UTC] No.44452451[source]▶

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The key isn't shifting land masses, but the fact that even with the existing terrain, people were moving, trading, and mixing across these regions

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