Did Moses Write the Pentateuch?

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Here are some other perspectives on the Indus Valley in this forum.

Alice Linsley on Genesis and the Indus Valley Civilization

I asked a “theological anthropologist” (a real thing) a question: The Indus Valley Civilization arises early in history. It appears there was trade between Ancient Mesopotamia and them. Are there plausible references to them in, for example, Genesis? What are the implications for Theological Anthropology if the IVC was known to the author but exuded from the Table of Nations (Genesis 10-11)? She responded with a wealth of info I want understand more deeply. Wonderful questions to consider. Thanks, @Swamidass! All the people in the so-called “Table of Nations” (Gen. 10) spoke languages in the same family. They had "the same language, with the same vocabulary” (Gen.11:1). These languages are in the Afro-Asiatic group, the oldest language group. The lists found in the Table of Nations refer to later populations. Genesis 10 is an attempt to trace the dispersion of peoples after the flood. Mohenjo-daro had a population of about 40,000 during Noah’s time and afterwards (no evidence o…