re: Study: Ancient DNA evidence shows ancient Carthage was not west African or Semitic...

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Instead, their DNA profile puts them closer to Sicilian/Aegean (Greek) in genetic make-up by the time of the Punic Wars between Ancient Rome and the Phoenicians. In short, Hannibal probably didn't look like Denzel Washington.

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No shite?! This isn’t fricking news. There have never been blacks living in North Africa and the Arabs weren’t there before the Arab invasion of the Islamic conquests in the 7/800s. Obviously Carthage was a Phoenician city due to old archeological evidence and writings from the Roman’s describing them. They were a type of Greek people which is what most of the med. was before they all became Arabized.

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and the Arabs weren’t there before the Arab invasion of the Islamic conquests in the 7/800s.

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Most of the people in North Africa who self-describe as “Arab” are either genetically Berber or Egyptian. Arab culture is built on a combination of trade and conquest , so if the conquered adapt Arabic and Islam, then they’re considered Arabs, no matter the race. Indian Ocean Muslims aren't considered Arab because they never adopted the language.

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Black and white weren't even really considered in the ancient world.

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I don't agree with you much, but this is absolute fact.

Duh. Carthage was a Phoenician colony. Phoenicia, modern day Lebanon.