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Source:Sorenson:Mormon' Codex:304:Jaredites likely obtained seeds of she'um in northern Mesopotamia
Sorenson: "northern Mesopotamia, which is where the name she'um was at home in language of the third millennium BC"
Parent page: Book of Mormon/Plants/Sheum
Sorenson: "northern Mesopotamia, which is where the name she'um was at home in language of the third millennium BC"
John L. Sorenson: [1]
When they departed from Mesopotamia, the Jaredite party moved to a "valley which was northward," one named after Nimrod the "mighty hunter" (Ether 2:1; compare Genesis 10:8-9). The preparation at that location for their epic journey to the seashore (Ether 2:5-6) included collecting "seeds of every kind" (v. 3). The area where they most likely obtained their seeds was northern Mesopotamia, which is where the name she'um was at home in languages of the third millennium BC.....In Mesoamerica the name might be lined to ixim (prnounced eesheem), the most common term for maize in Mayan languages. [2]