Give thanks,

and this is not a saying sorry sort of thing, we seem to share a bit of a passion for his(her)story and an interest in its echoes in our contemporary world. I still dont know that I would be quite as harsh in characterising the kinds of societies that developed in europe during the cold times as you seem to. But as this is not an easy thing to 'prove' one way or the other, who is to say for sure. There probably was a reasonable amount of diversity among these kind of neolithic folk, they had very low population densities in europe (due to the climate) and probably only saw one another occasionally, something which would mitigate against any kind of true generic european culture.

Now i am intrigued by this 'start date' for history that you mention and its conection to the hyskos. Correct me if i am wrong but werent these folk from asia minor by way of the big steppes of north eastern europe? They were also masters of the horse as a weapon of war, which is what made them successful militarily over the egyptians and others. Pastoral folk like this generally are patriarchal, and if they came off of the steppe probably big into (male) sky gods. A few geerations in the desert and some mixed encounters with egyptian theology..... maybe the rest is history?

love and life
paul