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[QUOTE]Originally posted by typeZeiss: [QB] [QUOTE]Originally posted by the lioness,: [qb] [QUOTE]Originally posted by typeZeiss: Herodotus said that the Persian army was 50% ethiop, which means these blacks have been there all along. [/QUOTE]Where is the quote? There is no such quote I have seen where Hedodotus says the Persian army was 50 % Ethiopian. - unless it was about the invasion of Egypt, it could be possible. To make such a claim you need to be scholarly and back it with a quote. Also keep in mind Herodotus is considered not always accurate. Regardless, the Persian army was a very diverse. The Persians demanded troops from all of their conquered lands. The army was comprised of Persians, Indians, Elamites, Medes, Bactrians, Egyptians, Ethiopians, Scythians, Arabians, and Phrygians. The core of the army was made up of Persians and Medes, but the vast majority of the army were light skirmishers from central Asia and the eastern Mediterranean. Here is a quote from Herodotus: [7.70] The eastern Ethiopians - for two nations of this name served in the army - were marshalled with the Indians. They differed in nothing from the other Ethiopians, save in their language, and the character of their hair. For the eastern Ethiopians have straight hair, while they of Libya (here he is talking about ALL of Africa) are more woolly-haired than any other people in the world. ________________________________ So are you including these dark skinned straight haired folk not of Africa, yet whom herodotus calls "Eastern Ethiopians? [/qb][/QUOTE]what you are dealing with is conjecture. No where does he mention the origin of the ethiops in Persia,just that they were there. He also says southern Iran/Persia is completely ethiop. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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