Theories Of The Sedentary Farmer Theory

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Joy Bryce
Macey, Michael
Period 7
December 9th 2016

Salue! Comment ca va aujourd’hui. Il fait très froid et je n 'aime pas le. You have no idea what I just said do you? That’s because the way that language spread around the world, we speak English, not French. Wait, How did English spread across the world? There are two different theories, the Nomadic Warrior and the Sedentary Farmer theory. The sedentary farmer theory is correct because many scientists have proven it to be what happened, people have to die to conquer a land, and people are more likely to accept something through peace rather than force.
Scientists from around the world at exceptional universities agree that the Sedentary farmer hypothesis is correct. Alex Kuzoian says that
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According to Martin Luther King Jr. “Violence is impractical because it is a descending spiral ending in destruction for all. It is immoral because it seeks to humiliate the opponent rather than win his understanding” This is so true. If I hold a gun to your head and tell you to speak all the words you know is Spanish, you will to save your life but once I’m gone, you won’t keep speaking Spanish, you will just hate me. However if you willingly want to learn Spanish and we work together so I can teach it to you, you will most likely stick with it and even teach it to your kids. Robert F. Kennedy states that “It is from numberless diverse acts of courage and belief that human history is shaped. Each time a man stands up for an ideal, or acts to improve the lot of others, or strikes out against injustice, he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope, and crossing each other from a million different centers of energy.” This really backs up my reason because the Kurgan theory says that the history of language was shaped by war and violence. However as this quote states, history is shaped by courage and standing up for injustice not creating injustice and causing

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