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<font size="-1"><font face="Arial">It's interesting that archaeology
claims the oldest known city to have been Eridu. Chanoch's son was
Irad, so Chanoch might have named a city after his son just as his
father had done for him.. And whatever the linguistic antecedents of
the Romans, they named their god of metalworking Vulcan, which is
phonetically very similar to Tuvalcain.<br>
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Lisa<br>
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On 11/1/2012 3:09 PM, Micha Berger wrote:
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Qayin, the farmer, makes the first city (I assume it's first), Chanokh
(kesheim beno). Which makes sense, since Hevel his foil chose a nomadic
profession. Notice how Yaval, his brother Yuval, his half-brother
Tuval-Qayin all carry the shoresh of Hevel's name in theirs. And they're
the next people credited with inventing key parts of civiliation: Yaval
is a dairy farmer (meat wasn't mutar to humans yet, so I assume it's
dairy cows), Yuval invents musical instruments (and in fact the first
mention of the arts altogether), and Tuval-Qayin is the first metalworker.
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