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[QUOTE]Originally posted by the lioness,: [QB] [QUOTE]Originally posted by anguishofbeing: [qb] [QUOTE]Originally posted by anguishofbeing: [qb] "Ancient Egyptian civilisation - mixed. Moorish civilisation - mixed. Greek civilisation white. Roman civilisation - white." - Lioness [/qb][/QUOTE][/qb][/QUOTE]I'm not sure about this term "Moorish Civilization" They were civilized. I would call the Moors a part of Islamic Civilization, largely Arab and directed from Mecca. [IMG]http://www.ephotobay.com/image/picture-23-14.png[/IMG] The Roman empire was predominantly white but they controlled territories in Africa, had some blacks and other etnicities in the population and had a few Emperors who were part "berber" ( something of a culture rather than a precisely defined ethnicity, similarly "Moor") The Year of the Five Emperors refers to the year 193, in which after the assianation of Commodus, there were five claimants for the title of Roman Emperor. The five were Pertinax, Didius Julianus, Pescennius Niger, Clodius Albinus and Septimius Severus. Some of them were born in Africa including Albinus who was known for his light skin. Others were part berber. As per the Egyptian civilization it is part of Nile Valley civilization which runs further South into Sub Saharn Africa. They incorporated dieties from other African cultures into their religion. But the were also very close to the Near East and for that reason it possible that they may have had some significant mixture with Levantine people also I'm not sure how much. depictions of the Egyptians is widely diverse including of the more southerly looking type African. Meroe to the South had pyamids also but all coantructed after the Egyptaisn finished making their. The Sumerians however had monumental architecture of their own style as early as the Egyptians. You cannot find that type of stone architecture in other parts of Africa in the predyanastic and Old Kingdom periods The unique location of Egypt includes the small bottleneck sinai which is the only point of traversable continuous land between Africa and Asia. Sometimes ancient writers regarded Africa as part of Asia Rome and Greece however are not geographic hub between continents. Also befoer the late dynasties a large part of Egypt was ruled by the Hyksos for about 100 years. There is also a point at which "African" people evolve into people that would be described as "non African" . This is separate from admixture. SOY Keita points this out. It occurs in stages over long periods of time. Sometimes these people are called "intermediate" There could even be more of these "halfway" types than similar looking people that are a result of admixture. Were they mixed rather than imtemediate? It's a maybe. Some of them however appear to be largely pure African similar to other Africans. In the past couple of years more new mummies were found so there may be new information coming in in the future [/QB][/QUOTE]
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