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Postby yialousa1971 » Sat Mar 10, 2012 3:36 am

A documentary of Dimitris Manolesakis, a Greek film director-researcher discovers the forgotten Greeks and colonies all over Europe ,Africa,Mesopotamia,Asia Minor, Black sea.
An Amazing documentary that reveals the true History of the Hellenic Civilization !

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Postby supporttheunderdog » Sun Mar 11, 2012 8:34 am

Bloody imperialist colonisers!

The Greeks were not the only players of that game: Don't forget the Semitic Phoenicians too Colonies all over the Med, and into the Atlantic coasts of both Africa and Spain/Portugal. (Cadiz was originally a Phoenician settlement)
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Postby yialousa1971 » Mon Apr 30, 2012 2:20 am

supporttheunderdog wrote:Bloody imperialist colonisers!

The Greeks were not the only players of that game: Don't forget the Semitic Phoenicians too Colonies all over the Med, and into the Atlantic coasts of both Africa and Spain/Portugal. (Cadiz was originally a Phoenician settlement)


Fool, Greeks were everywhere, see............ :mrgreen:
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Postby Jimski999 » Mon Apr 30, 2012 6:10 am

I read the Hellene's (Greeks) were originally from Armenia; is this true?
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Postby kimon07 » Mon Apr 30, 2012 9:05 am

Jimski999 wrote:I read the Hellene's (Greeks) were originally from Armenia; is this true?


Were did you read? Any links?
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Postby Jimski999 » Mon Apr 30, 2012 9:18 am

I read it in Wikipedia under Origins of Greeks and I also read the Origins of Seljuk Turks was from an area that covered Persia, Turkmenistan and South West Kazakhstan. Could be next door neighbours. :wink:
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Postby Jimski999 » Mon Apr 30, 2012 9:25 am

I also read that there were more Greeks on the outside looking in than there was on the inside looking out during the Siege of Constantinople as the majority of Mehmed II soldiers were renegade Greeks and the majority of soldiers defending Constantinople were Italian volunteers; would you believe that? Read: The Last Great Siege 1453 by Roger Crowley. :?
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Postby GreekIslandGirl » Mon Apr 30, 2012 10:16 am

Jimski999 wrote:I read the Hellene's (Greeks) were originally from Armenia; is this true?


How and when did *they* get to the region of Armenia? Where they one small isolated *tribe* (now firmly identified as Greek?) which did not pass anywhere else from Africa to "Armenia" of that time? Did they spring up in "Armenia"?

I was going to look up the author (Crowley) of your other claims but my security settings won't let me - no tick.
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Postby Jimski999 » Mon Apr 30, 2012 1:15 pm

It says in Wikipedia their origins were from the Georgia / Armenia region; I was asking do you Hellenes believe this to be true.

The book by Roger Crowley can be purchased from Amazon and their is a synopsis of the book on there; a very interesting read.
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Postby PC Bubble » Mon Apr 30, 2012 1:27 pm

Yes you are right Jimski.

Fancy that the Ancient Greeks came from Eastern Anatolia ( modern Armenia )

How do you all feel about that then ?
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