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   Oh so rich & successful JTEM to SolomonW   
   Re: The Builders of World's Oldest Known   
   17 May 20 21:43:57   
   
   From: jtem01@gmail.com   
      
    SolomonW wrote:   
   > > And I STILL want to know why they call them temples.   
   >   
   > What copuld it be other then a temple?   
      
   This has been discussed before:  Grain storage.   
      
   The region is known to host wild grains. One man could gather   
   enough to feed his entire family for a year in a matter of weeks!   
   But they weren't permanently settled. They migrated with the   
   seasons, exploiting the differing resources... they couldn't carry   
   all that grain around so they needed someplace to store it.   
      
   Kept dry, it won't spoil.   
      
   There was probably a religious element, where they relied on their   
   gods to oversee & protect their stored grains.   
      
      
      
      
      
      
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