Post by history91 on May 25, 2016 21:47:54 GMT -5
In his book The Histories, Greek historian Herodotus explained the origin of the Phoenicians according to Persian (Iranian) historians, this he did in order to give an unbiased record of origin of the people who history would come to know as the Phoenicians. In The Histories he clearly stated that the Phoenicians had their origin on the coast of the Erythraean Sea which is today known as the Red Sea from which they migrated and settled in the area that is today known as Lebanon and northern Israel even parts of modern day Syria made up the ancient Phoenician territories.
Today there are six countries that borders the Red Sea they are Egypt, Sudan, Eritrea Saudi Arabia, Yemen and Djibouti. Some European scholars not wanting to place the Phoenicians in Africa have always argued with little evidence to back it up that the Phoenicians had their origin in southern Yemen or in some other parts of the southern Arabian peninsula. Even so a simple study of the history of the area will reveal that half of the Arabian peninsula and both modern day Eritrea and Djibouti once made up part of Ethiopia’s territory. Even today Africans of Ethiopian and Somali origin still make up a large proportion of Yemen’s population and they are mostly concentrated in the southern regions. So whether you believe that the Phoenician were from southern Arabia or north-east Africa either way the Ethiopian presence in those areas is still represented.
Herodotus knew very well the ancient nations of Khemet (Egypt) and Nubia (Sudan) and he did not place the origin of the Phoenicians in neither of those countries, even though those countries borders Herodotus’ “Erythraean Sea” (Red Sea) we can both discard them as candidates. When the unwashed Italian invaders took control of what was then known as northern Ethiopia they immediately recognized the geographical and historical significance of the area and named it Eritrea.
Throughout history Europeans have always tried to rob Africans of their historical achievements by attempting to credit foreigners or non-Africans with any great civilization discovered in Africa. From the pyramids in the Nile valley to the great civilizations of west Africa, Benin and Mali even the Massive stone cities of Zimbabwe, Europeans have always tried to credit some White omnipresent superman or foreigners with Africa’s historical accomplishments, even when the evidence and artifacts contradicts their racial theories. According to Europeans, Africans are incapable of developing advanced civilizations, and i am of no doubt that this “genetic study” is just another one of their attempt to try and annex Ethiopia and its achievement into the White cultural corner, which if we are to go by history will predictable fail. As far as they are concerned Ethiopia’s history is too magnificent to be credited to Africans even though Ethiopia is in Africa and Ethiopians are in every way Africans.
In the study co-authored by Dr Neil Bradman, Luca Pagani, Dr Toomas Kivisild, Dr Chris Tyler-Smith with the assistance of Ethiopian Professor Endashaw Bekele and Dr Ayele Tarekegn which was done by the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute and the University of Cambridge, the authors stated that this genetic mixture occurred 3,000 years ago and that some Ethiopians share up to 40% of their DNA with populations in Syria and Israel. They credited the introduction of this genetic element into Ethiopia to the legendary story of the Queen of Sheba who they believe was the Queen of modern day Ethiopia and king Solomon of Israel who according to Ethiopian legend had a Son named Menelik who became the first Hebrew King of Ethiopia.
www.africanglobe.net/featured/ethiopian-dna-clues-lead-legendary-queen-sheba-debunked/
Today there are six countries that borders the Red Sea they are Egypt, Sudan, Eritrea Saudi Arabia, Yemen and Djibouti. Some European scholars not wanting to place the Phoenicians in Africa have always argued with little evidence to back it up that the Phoenicians had their origin in southern Yemen or in some other parts of the southern Arabian peninsula. Even so a simple study of the history of the area will reveal that half of the Arabian peninsula and both modern day Eritrea and Djibouti once made up part of Ethiopia’s territory. Even today Africans of Ethiopian and Somali origin still make up a large proportion of Yemen’s population and they are mostly concentrated in the southern regions. So whether you believe that the Phoenician were from southern Arabia or north-east Africa either way the Ethiopian presence in those areas is still represented.
Herodotus knew very well the ancient nations of Khemet (Egypt) and Nubia (Sudan) and he did not place the origin of the Phoenicians in neither of those countries, even though those countries borders Herodotus’ “Erythraean Sea” (Red Sea) we can both discard them as candidates. When the unwashed Italian invaders took control of what was then known as northern Ethiopia they immediately recognized the geographical and historical significance of the area and named it Eritrea.
Throughout history Europeans have always tried to rob Africans of their historical achievements by attempting to credit foreigners or non-Africans with any great civilization discovered in Africa. From the pyramids in the Nile valley to the great civilizations of west Africa, Benin and Mali even the Massive stone cities of Zimbabwe, Europeans have always tried to credit some White omnipresent superman or foreigners with Africa’s historical accomplishments, even when the evidence and artifacts contradicts their racial theories. According to Europeans, Africans are incapable of developing advanced civilizations, and i am of no doubt that this “genetic study” is just another one of their attempt to try and annex Ethiopia and its achievement into the White cultural corner, which if we are to go by history will predictable fail. As far as they are concerned Ethiopia’s history is too magnificent to be credited to Africans even though Ethiopia is in Africa and Ethiopians are in every way Africans.
In the study co-authored by Dr Neil Bradman, Luca Pagani, Dr Toomas Kivisild, Dr Chris Tyler-Smith with the assistance of Ethiopian Professor Endashaw Bekele and Dr Ayele Tarekegn which was done by the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute and the University of Cambridge, the authors stated that this genetic mixture occurred 3,000 years ago and that some Ethiopians share up to 40% of their DNA with populations in Syria and Israel. They credited the introduction of this genetic element into Ethiopia to the legendary story of the Queen of Sheba who they believe was the Queen of modern day Ethiopia and king Solomon of Israel who according to Ethiopian legend had a Son named Menelik who became the first Hebrew King of Ethiopia.
www.africanglobe.net/featured/ethiopian-dna-clues-lead-legendary-queen-sheba-debunked/
