Fact is Greek was inhabited by blacks just like everywhere else was, Greece is nearer to Africa, than it is to Rome. Phoenicians were black. In fact it is being said Europe turned white only some 500 years ago. Invading northern hordes predicted by every ancient civilisation is how Greece, Italy, Spain who were so dark skinned and frizzy haired just 50 years ago are now looking so lily white not
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Greek is a language and nationality, they can't be inhabited.
Crete might be closer to Africa than to Rome. But, if you're measuring the distance to Rome, you ought to use Athens in Greece as your starting point. The distance between the two capitals is 1051 kilometers (as the crow flies). Libya is the nearest African country, and as we're talking capitals, the distance between Athens and Tripoli is 1109 kilometers. Turkey is not Africa, it's Asia.
What is now Scandinavia was pretty white over thousand years ago. The whole of Europe has never "turned white". The ones who lived in the northern parts, where we have just a few hours of daylight each day in the winter (some parts don't see the sun for weeks in the middle of winter), were naturally selected for less melanin in the skin (and a higher risk for skin cancer), while the ones living closer to the Mediterranean and had a lot of sun in the summer were naturally selected for a bit more melanin (keeping the risk for skin cancer lower).
Olive is the name usually given to the skin-tone of the people in southern parts of Europe.
Spain used to be Muslim, several hundred years ago, ya know.
Invading northern hordes? You mean the vikings? That was much longer than 50 or 500 years ago, nitwit.
Europe turned white only some 500 years ago.
Strange, on the Bayeux Tapestry (which I have see in person), the people don't look all that dark. It was woven almost 1000 years ago. Perhaps the people who made it knew they would turn white 500 years later and wanted to be up to date when the time came.
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Greece, Italy, Spain who were so dark skinned and frizzy haired just 50 years ago
Aristotle Onassis, a Greek, was born about 110 years ago. The picture is almost 50 years old (1970). Maybe he had radical plastic surgery and hair and gene transplants sometime in 1969.
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Or maybe you're just delusional. Speaking of which, apply at the White House as press secretary. The position should be open some time soon. 45 will love you. You can lie through your teeth with a straight face. And you're stupid. Perfect for the job during 45's term.
Paintings in ancient Egyptian tombs show us very clearly that both black and white individuals were part of Egyptian society three of four thousand years ago. Cleopatra, one of the Ptolemy dynasty of Greece, was white. Are you going for some sort of "condensed history" award with this post?
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