Egypt

[Hasforth9]

Ok so, RTW Egyptians werent really historically accurate, as they were white and all that

Actually Egyptians were black (Egypt is in AFRICA, DUH!!!) I dont like the portrayal of Egyptians in RTW, it is very Eurocentric, Imperialistic and totally wrong.

Here are some sources for you to read

http://www.stewartsynopsis.com/black...e_original.htm

http://www.topix.com/forum/afam/TRHJ3GMHAHR5ELKMB

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XYXE3tnXVKo

I know many haters will cry about this

EGYPTIANS ARE NOT EUROPEANS!!!!

[Evalation]

Egypt had a majority Arab looking population but they did use African mercenaries in their armies however.

To say they were all black is 100% untrue.

I think you need to do more research cuz i just looked at how you pictured the gauls/germans/ and celts in Roman times and alot is untrue also

[Lord Dakier]

They was very multi-cultural indeed.

The best way of portraying this is by simply giving them several model textures for both African and Arabian's.

[Asgaroth]

Egypt had a majority Arab looking population but they did use African mercenaries in their armies however.

The best way of portraying this is by simply giving them several model textures for both African and Arabian's

Wrong. Most of the Egypt population was Egyptian. Arabs came to Egypt in the Medieval era.

It is like you said that the Nabataeans and the Egyptians were of same origin. Nabataeans were of Arabian descent and Egyptians were the same ones that were a long time ago in Egypt when Ramses was alive. The only thing is that they adopted greek fighting stile after Ptolemai took over Egypt after Alexander the Great's death, among the other things they have changed.

Most of the Egyptians were the Machimoi, they were the native people but there were also Cleruchs, those people were the first greek settlers that came to Egypt.

They was very multi-cultural indeed.

I don't know for the people living in that area. I only know of Greeks and Egyptians were a part of the population and that the Egyptians or Machimoi were the most of the popularity.

But I know that in the army they also had Etiophians and Nubians and a lot of other mercenary units.

I know for sure that the Seleucid Empire was for sure a multicultural nation.

[Symphony]

Actually Egyptians were black (Egypt is in AFRICA, DUH!!!)

....because, every people native to every part of Africa (Saharan, Sub-Saharan, etc) is of black racial stock?

I'm actually crying. Real tears.

[Asgaroth]

....because, every people native to every part of Africa (Saharan, Sub-Saharan, etc) is of black racial stock?

I'm actually crying. Real tears.

Actually he was right. they weren't black as the night but again they weren't white as Greeks were. They were sorta brownish.

For example the Ethiopians or the Nubians were blacker then the Egyptians but again the Egyptians were darker then the Greeks, so they were black.

[Pistolero Pete]

Actually he was right. they weren't black as the night but again they weren't white as Greeks were. They were sorta brownish.

For example the Ethiopians or the Nubians were blacker then the Egyptians but again the Egyptians were darker then the Greeks, so they were black.

You mean like how the current Egyptians are brown? The population of Egypt haven't changed that much since antiquity and most of the current population is of the same stock as in antiquity.

Since it's ridiculous to assume that the Arabs came and slaughetered every last Egyptian and replaced them entirely, since that means that there would have been an undocumented genocide that would make Genghis Khan look like Jesus.

[PROMETHEUS ts]

Ok so, RTW Egyptians werent really historically accurate, as they were white and all that

Actually Egyptians were black (Egypt is in AFRICA, DUH!!!) I dont like the portrayal of Egyptians in RTW, it is very Eurocentric, Imperialistic and totally wrong.

Here are some sources for you to read

http://www.stewartsynopsis.com/black...e_original.htm

http://www.topix.com/forum/afam/TRHJ3GMHAHR5ELKMB

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XYXE3tnXVKo

I know many haters will cry about this

EGYPTIANS ARE NOT EUROPEANS!!!!

Egyptians where not black , those are the Black Pharao of Kush , but the usual Egyptian is not even arab but indigenous and had a slight reddish skin tone ..

[NikeBG]

The OP is simply ridiculing the so-called Afrocentrism, IMO. In any case, the Egyptians surely weren't black per se (although at one point they were ruled by a Nubian dynasty, no?), though they certainly weren't Scandinavians either. They looked pretty much like the modern Egyptians, I guess.

[Sandraker]

This is a troll thread.

I hope.

[Legio]

There isn't really a real discussion going on here; closed. PM me if you have any questions.