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[QUOTE]Originally posted by markellion: [QB] The point [b]wasn't that what he said was true[/b] its why would Colonialists at that time make that kind of observation despite the fact they wanted to separate Arabia and Africa. Arab sources actually consider Ethiopians brothers with Zanj and also Nubians. Ibn Khaldun: "Further away there are the Nubians, [b]brothers of the Zanj and the Abyssins.[/b] They owe on the left side of the Nil river the town of Dongola....." http://www.geocities.com/derideauxp/khaldun.html In the bellow Jahiz says "not to mention those more distant in substance and more intensely different" which suggests Zanj is to Ethiopian what Persian is to Arab to some extant when it comes to substance and the intensity of their differences [b]Taken from: Al Jahiz, nine essays[/b] "You asserted that the difference between the Turks and the Khurasani is not like the difference between the Persian and Arab, the Byzantine and the Slav, or the Zanj and the Ethiopian, not to mention those more distant in substance and more intensely different. It is rather, like the difference between a resident of Mecca and of Medina." http://www.geocities.com/pieterderideaux/jahiz_other.html [QUOTE]Originally posted by Sundjata: [qb] [QUOTE]For one thing it suggests that the physical appearance of Arabs somehow struck him as having some kind of connection with Ethiopians The thing is don't most writers describe people in the Maghrib and Arabs as the same color. like Ibn Battuta describe most Berbers/Tuaregs and and Arabs as white (dark skinned). Are Berbers ever described as being generally darker than Arabs White supposedly means a blackish complexion with a light-brown undertone.[/QUOTE]Ok, see, my point is that I agree in part with your conclusion but not your reasoning (which is crucial).. You completely ignore the erroneous information contained therein your cited quotation. Yes, there are implications which swing way one to justify your point, but there are implications that also null your point, like the claim that Ethiopians are "racially" distinct from other Africans. Have to be sharper than this my friend. :) [/qb][/QUOTE] [/QB][/QUOTE]
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