76:3.8 The Adamites greatly excelled the [[surrounding]] [[people]]s in [[cultural]] achievement and [[intellectual]] [[development]]. They produced the third [[alphabet]] and otherwise laid the [[foundations]] for much that was the forerunner of [[modern]] [[art]], [[science]], and [[literature]]. Here in the [[land]]s between the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tigris%E2%80%93Euphrates_river_system Tigris and Euphrates] they maintained [[the arts]] of [[writing]], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metallurgy metalworking], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pottery#History pottery making], and [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weaving weaving] and produced a type of [[architecture]] that was not excelled in thousands of years. | 76:3.8 The Adamites greatly excelled the [[surrounding]] [[people]]s in [[cultural]] achievement and [[intellectual]] [[development]]. They produced the third [[alphabet]] and otherwise laid the [[foundations]] for much that was the forerunner of [[modern]] [[art]], [[science]], and [[literature]]. Here in the [[land]]s between the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tigris%E2%80%93Euphrates_river_system Tigris and Euphrates] they maintained [[the arts]] of [[writing]], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metallurgy metalworking], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pottery#History pottery making], and [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weaving weaving] and produced a type of [[architecture]] that was not excelled in thousands of years. |