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11 Language, communication, libraries and education
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The Greek word for finely ground flour semidalis derives from the Akkadian word samidu. The word is still current in modern Greek. Through Latin simila it reached German, Semmel.
Bibliography
Burkert 1992, 36, 175n10
Burkert, Walter. The Orientalizing Revolution. Near Eastern Influence on Greek Culture in the Early Archaic Period. Cambridge MA: Harvard University Press 1992.