Tea if by Sea, Cha if by Land: Why the World Only Has Two Words for Tea

“Interesting. So the Sumerian language died out, but the Sumerian myths were somehow passed on in the new languages.” “Correct. Sumerian was used as the language of religion and scholarship by later civilizations, much as Latin was used in Europe during the Middle Ages. No one spoke it as their native language, but educated people could read it. In
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