Semites, Semitic peoples or Semitic cultures was a term for an ethnic, cultural or racial group. The terminology is now largely obsolete outside the grouping "Semitic languages" in linguistics. First used in the 1770s by members of the Göttingen School of History, this biblical terminology for race was derived from Shem, one of the three sons of Noah in the Book of Genesis, …

The Akkadians, Assyrians and Eblaites were the first Semitic-speaking people to use writing, using the cuneiform script originally developed by the Sumerians c. 3500 BC, with the first writings in Akkadian dating from c. 2800 BC. The last Akkadian inscriptions date from the late first century AD, and cuneiform script in the second century AD, both in Mesopotamia.

3 Arabs. Although the term Semite connotes ideas of Jewish or Hebrew people, Arabs are also Semitic people. Arabs consider about 22 countries through the Middle East and Africa home. The Arabic language is the defining feature of an individual Arab. Arabic is a Semite language, similar to Hebrew in grammar and syntax.

The Syrians, Babylonians, Hebrews and Arabs were one people. Even the Phoenicians who were Hamites spoke this language, which I might call the Semitic.” Schlozer goes on to discuss other languages of the area, and tries to fit them, not very successfully, into the framework provided by Genesis 10. “Semitic” Languages

More is known about Semitic peoples who lived in cities such as Mari in Syria than their nomadic neighbors who are often looked to as the primary Semitic language speakers. By the time of the first written records around 3,000 BCE the Semitic People were well established city dwellers but other Semitic people did continue life as nomads.

Ancient Semitic-speaking peoples: Ancient Semitic-speaking peoples or Proto-Semitic people were Western Asian people who lived throughout the ancient Near East, including the Levant, Mesopotamia ... Semitic languages: The Semitic languages are a branch of the Afroasiatic language family originating in the Middle East. They are spoken by more than 330 million …

Also Meghan Markle. We love Meghan Markle. Can we write about Meghan Markle instead of anti-Semites!? 10. Walt Disney (maybe) This might have been disproven, kinda, not really clear, but Walt Disney — yes, the Walt Disney — has had quite a number of anti-Semitic

The ancient Near East represented a world dominated by Semitic peoples. Akkad and Assyria, Babylonia and Phoenicia, Israel and the Syrian kingdoms were all the offspring of the Semites’ activities. Although Sumer, the first country in the world, was not of Semitic origin, its inhabitants had already been, since ancient times, fully

Saying that, they fall into the broad umbrella of peoples similarly related that include: Sub-Saharan Black Africans, West Asians, South Asians and the Latino [Spanish] descended peoples of Central and South America. The Arab is not western [European] or oriental [East Asian] but part of the equatorial [Hamitic] peoples of the world.

The article opened, by saying, "The people closest to the Jews from a genetic point of view may be the Kurds, according to results of a new study at, the Hebrew University. Scientists who participated in the research said findings seem to indicate both peoples had common ancestors who lived in the northern half of the Fertile Crescent, where Northern Iraq and Turkey are today.