Quoting "Thomas R. Wier" <trwier@...>:
> My understanding is that PAA is usually situated far to the South,
> somewhere near the Red Sea. It's clear that Akkadian started
> arriving from southward into Sumerian-speaking lands, and the
> overall center of gravity of PAA is along the Red Sea, but other
> than these facts I don't know anything very specific about it.
From southward? What I've read of Mesopotamian history rather seemed to suggest
they came from the north or west; what evidence is there to allow us to tell,
anyway?
Andreas