Lawrence of Arabia The common wisdom regarding the conflict in the Middle East is that ethnic and religious hatreds have haunted it from time immemorial.
Having been on this land since time immemorial, these languages have developed here and they contain priceless environmental knowledge that helps us relate well to the land on which we live.
This is maybe most obvious in the feudal European idea of the Divine Right of Kings, in which the monarchs were held to be ordained by God from time immemorial.