Babylon and its King Nebuchadnezzar

 The whole of Judah (except for the farmers it appears) was carried off to Babylon by the end of 2 Kings. But God promised that they would return to the land which He promised to Abraham and He has. Historically the story is well known and not only the Bible tells that story as the time has come when the early great Libraries of the world are now the centers of learning. The libraries before the Common Era (BC) included Ashurpanipal (Nineveh, Assyria now the city of Mosul, northern Iraq) (some tablets are in the British Museum); Alexandria, Egypt and most of this was entirely lost; Celsus (Ephesus, Turkey)   destroyed in an earthquake and a fire that burned the interior and then into the Common Era the Library at Constantinople which was sacked in 1204 Common Era but that accumulation of knowledge stretched far and wide across the known world and the House of Wisdom in Baghdad (Iraq) which was destroyed during the Mongol siege in 1258 Common Era but knowledge had been passed over its five centuries of existence to Islamic centres Basra (Iraq), Kufa (Iraq) and Damascus (Syria). The human desire to understand its past meant that knowledge was passed down from generation to generation although the proofs in permanent copy were destroyed very often. There is always a danger when knowledge and the accumulation of knowledge becomes less important. Knowledge is what brought us out of the caves and into homes and protected the human existence. 

Another good research day as I barely left the house except to mail a letter to my sister. It will take a while to enter 73 matches into my databases though but I am pleased with this gleaning from the databases of the companies. This knowledge of DNA is going to be helpful in the future not so much on an individual level but in understanding the evolution of mankind and how to protect that continuing evolution into the next centuries. 

Lots of exercise as I did my yoga and calisthenics first thing, then my 30 minute run and 15 minute walk later in the morning and in the afternoon a four mile walk and calisthenics. Exercise is the best way to maintain a good life style I think. But at 81 one should consider very carefully starting exercise and a visit with the doctor might show you the way to get back into healthy exercise even at my age. There are lots of good ideas on YouTube for actual exercises and a slow motion into them. 

 Today more of the same and we are promised heavy thunder storms this afternoon. The ground can always use more rain for sure. This is the warmest August that I ever remember actually. Generally it becomes cooler at night as we get into August but that is coming in the next week.  

 Also continuing with the matches into my databases and first my solitaire games.