Why do many separate the history of Egypt and the rest of Africa?, page 5

reply to post by Simulacra

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Cleopatra was Greek, and Greek woman range from very pale to very tan, and from blond to red, to brown to black hair, so Cleopatra could have look like Elizabeth Taylor or she mite not, People have no idea what she looks like, so i don't know where you get off being so smug about that movie

reply to post by truthseeka

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Please, don't make this a racial issue.
First of all, Egypt is in Africa. Ancient Egyptians were mainly Nubian. Nubians are black, they look like the Sudanese blacks, with fine features (think of David Bowie's wife, Iman).
They started to look more Arab much later in time when the Muslim Empire conquered a large part of Mediterranean lands, including parts of Europe.

Second, we all know much more about Egypt because at the time, although there were several kingdoms throughout Africa, none were as large and advanced as the Egyptians were, it had to do in part with their geographical location, trade routes, river, Mediterranean sea, etc.
The other important African culture that is somewhat known to some people is the kingdom of Eritrea (Ethiopia) which is starting to be known but due to its present political situation does not offer much in the way of tourism. And again, Egypt benefits from its location also for tourism.

Third, Cleopatra was from a Greek dynasty called the Ptolemaic dynasty, which was the last ruling dynasty in Egypt.

There's my 2 cents on this. Hope it helps.

Archeology shows that Ancient Egypt went from primitive to suddenly civilized.
Much evidence has been erased by time, but from examination of the surviving mummies from mid times it appears that most of the ruling classes were white and mixed. The mummies that have any hair shows much of that hair to be bonde, and red. Others are brown, some black.
Their tomb paintings show many people to be blonde and red-haired.
During the 18th dynasty Egypt was an Empire. Do the research.
The famous Rameses were red-haired. THey had fine, silky hair.

See the renderings of these mummies here

Egyptians simply weren't negroid although blacks did rule Egypt for a brief period.
National Geographic - The Black Pharaohs

You wouldn't consider Greeks to be European, anymore than an ancient Egyptian to be African (with the exception of those above)

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