03 Feb 22
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@suzianne saidDepends on context.
But specifically, Nordic only refers to the countries of the Nordic Council.
Germanic is the larger descriptive. Berg is German for mountain.
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Yes, 'berg' is Germanic for mountain, and 'gold' is Germanic for gold. Neither is a Hebrew word. Yiddish is not a Semitic language.
03 Feb 22
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@earl-of-trumps saidYes, of course, modern Palestinians have Greek, Jewish, Arab, Turkish and assorted other contributions to their gene pool but the concept of Palestine as a separate entity from the Jews and Arabs is based in their Greco-Egyptian origins.
Some Palestinians have ancestry that goes back to the Canaanites. And as an added surprise,
Arabs are Semites :-) https://www.britannica.com/topic/Semite
04 Feb 22
@athousandyoung saidSo? That doesn't make them Greek.
The Philistines invaded Egypt and got resettled about 1200 BCE
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sea_Peoples
In fact, the ancient Greeks (from the age of giants, or the mythological age... so about 1200 BC) referred to the "Sea Peoples" as in "Not Greek" (although it was obviously "not Mycenaean" back then).
04 Feb 22
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@shavixmir saidNo, but the genetics of the skeletal remains does make them Greek. Are you actually reading these posts?
So? That doesn't make them Greek.
In fact, the ancient Greeks (from the age of giants, or the mythological age... so about 1200 BC) referred to the "Sea Peoples" as in "Not Greek" (although it was obviously "not Mycenaean" back then).
Please give some evidence for this:
Shavixmir wrote:
In fact, the ancient Greeks (from the age of giants, or the mythological age... so about 1200 BC) referred to the "Sea Peoples" as in "Not Greek"
I find that hard to believe considering the phrase "Sea Peoples" is of 19th century origin:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sea_Peoples
French Egyptologist Emmanuel de Rougé first used the term peuples de la mer (literally "peoples of the sea" ) in 1855
Take a look at the Wikipedia table of contents for this topic:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sea_Peoples
2 Primary documentary records
2.1 Ramesses II narrative
2.2 Merneptah narrative
2.3 Ramesses III narrative
2.4 Onomasticon of Amenope
3 Other documentary records
3.1 Egyptian single-name sources
3.2 Byblos
3.3 Ugarit
Those are NOT Greek sources!
04 Feb 22
https://www.sciencemagazinedigital.org/sciencemagazine/05_july_2019/MobilePagedArticle.action?articleId=1502306#articleId1502306
Now a Ph.D. student in Germany, Feldman has found a new way to understand the Philistines. By analyzing DNA from 12th century B.C.E burials in the Philistines’s renowned city of Ashkelon, her team has found that they were interlopers in the ancient Middle East. Their closest known kin were from southern Europe, the team reports this week in Science Advances.
The DNA data suggest a kernel of truth to Greek and Middle Eastern legends that describe survivors who moved south after the catastrophic collapse of great Bronze Age civilizations of the Mediterranean in the late 13th and early 12th centuries B.C.E.
04 Feb 22
@vivify saidThey were singled out by a group that wanted a pure race. Does that mean even if what she said was 'technically correct,' she could still be out right wrong? Do you think being 'technically correct' is good enough?
I'm aware of that. But the backlash to Whoopi's comments were enough that she had to apologize and retract her statement:
https://people.com/tv/the-view-whoopi-goldberg-claims-holocaust-isnt-about-race-maus-discussion/
It seems many people feel that Whoopi is wrong in saying that the Holocaust wasn't "racism". Do you think she's technically correct?