What do we need to do to get “Assyrians”, a civilization that lead the way with great inventions we all use today, to have representation of their flag emoji on Apple?
Here’s a list of inventions:
Assyrians Divided the week into 7 days.
A day into 24 hours, hour into 60 minutes, minute into 60 seconds.
A circle into 360 degrees.
Invented the wheel.
Invented the written word, using a form of writing, cuneiform, that led first to the Phonecian & ultimately Latin.
They created the first large cities known to Western Culture.
Domesticated the horse, the ox, and many crops.
Made the first beer and wine.
The words “Paradise” and “Eden” were based on places in Assyria.
The epic “Gilgamesh,” perhaps the world’s first true novel.
The US has the highest rate of children living in single-parent households of any nation in the world.
About 80 percent of single-parent homes are led by single mothers.
At a rate of 23 percent of children living with one parent and no other adults, the United States stands
over three times the world average of 7 percent of children raised by one parent. For reference, the number stands at 3 percent for China and 4 percent for India.
Even for children with a father present in the home, the average school-age boy only spends about 30 min per week in
one-on-one conversations with his father. For comparison, the same boy, on average, will spend about 44 hours per week watching television, playing video games, and surfing the internet.
90 percent of all homeless and runaway children, 63% of teen suicides, and 85% of children