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Re: WHAT HAPPENED WITH THE ORIGINAL BLACK EUROPEANS, 5000 YEARS AGO?
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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Egmond Codfried: [QB] [b]NOW YOU ARE TALKING! GOT TO RUN, BUT I WILL READ THIS VERY CAREFULLY.[/b] [QUOTE]Originally posted by Mike111: [qb] [b]In a post above, egmond complained: Quote: “What I'm missing is usefulness and practicality in applying all this theory in explaining racism today and finding solutions today. I do not see how trading insults will change anything”.[/b] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Though I can explain racism, I cannot supply solutions. However in order to explain racism; which is not nearly so esoteric as some believe, we must first know the historical background for it’s development. Like anything else, it didn’t suddenly show up one day. It is of course, a historical development. And it is quite apart from slavery; in the ancient world, anybody could be a slave, and was, at one time or the other, irrespective of race. Oddly enough, the pieces for the institution of racism begin (indirectly) in where we left off above – In Anatolia. So let us continue with the history of Anatolia, and the region in general. But this time, with an eye to racial developments. Anatolia By about 550 B.C. White Greeks had established colonies on all of Anatolia’s coastal areas. But this was mitigated by the fact that Persia held dominance in the entire area. In May 334 B.C, the Persians are defeated at the Battle of Granicus (now “Biga” a town in the district of Çanakkale Province, Turkey.), by Alexander the Great. This victory exposes to Alexander, the Persian weakness. He later undertakes a full-scale invasion of Persia. By now Persia is weak, even though the Persians field a large army - it is made-up mostly of mercenaries. The Persian capital Persepolis falls to the invaders in April 330 B.C, and Darius III, the last Achaemenid king, is murdered in the summer of that same year, while fleeing the conquerors. With the annexation of the Persian Empire, the Greeks now establish the greatest Empire known to man. With Alexander's conquest of the Persian Empire, which included Mesopotamia, Greeks and other Europeans, from all walks of life, were encouraged to migrate to the Middle East. It was apparently Alexander's desire for Greeks and Persians to share one Empire. So to promote harmony between his people and the Persians, he ordered eighty of his most important men, to marry highborn Persian women, in traditional Persian wedding ceremonies. He himself, married King Darius's daughter, who was named either Barsine or Stateira. His best friend, Hephaestion, married Barsine's sister Drypetis. Alexander also began promoting Persians to high-ranking positions in his army, saying that Persians and Macedonians should share the empire. His efforts to create unity failed however; even the marriages between his men and the Persians mostly broke up after his death. Over time, the power of Greece waned, and the emerging new power “Rome” took control of Anatolia. In 330 A.D. the Romans established the city of Constantinople as the capitol of their Eastern Roman or Byzantine Empire. Since we are now discussing “Racism” many important historical developments have been skipped. As to the issue of Racism, it has not yet developed. Proof of this, is in the many artifacts from the past. [IMG]http://realhistoryww.com/world_history/ancient/Images_Elam/Elam_Sassanian_prince.jpg[/IMG] ROMAN TOMB PAINTINGS [IMG]http://realhistoryww.com/world_history/ancient/portrait_images/portrait34.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://realhistoryww.com/world_history/ancient/portrait_images/portrait65.jpg[/IMG] Continued on next page. [/qb][/QUOTE] [/QB][/QUOTE]
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