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Topic: Slavic Warriors Posted: 16-Oct-2005 at 08:57 |
Why do ancient Slavic warriors look eastern? Are their ancestors from the east or what?
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Posted: 16-Oct-2005 at 11:58 |
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Posted: 16-Oct-2005 at 12:45 |
Where are the Slavic people's ancestors from?
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Posted: 16-Oct-2005 at 12:59 |
Romania maybe? That's what I've heard but I have nothing to back it.
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Posted: 16-Oct-2005 at 14:39 |
Originally posted by HistoryGuy
Where are the Slavic people's ancestors from? |
Poland-Belarus most likely.
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Posted: 16-Oct-2005 at 16:20 |
I've heard Poland-Belarus too, i think the reason they had an eastern look cuz the area of present slavs was dominated by eastern nomads, Scythians, Sarmatians, Avars, also Huns. I have no doubt that there is a Alan/Sarmatian link to the Slavs.
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Posted: 16-Oct-2005 at 16:35 |
Anyhow, how do you know that ancient Slavic warriors looked easterner
(Asian or Turkic, I assume that's what you mean)? Have you ever seen in
person or photo any ancient Slavic warrior? I think the answer is nope.
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Posted: 16-Oct-2005 at 22:03 |
Apparently it could be anywhere between the Vistula and the Don rivers.
Of course they mixed with the local populations in the territories they
occupied also (e.g. Germans, Thracians, Goths and Rus Vikings).
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Posted: 16-Oct-2005 at 22:06 |
i mean turkic yes, but i have read that there is a city in Turkey that speaks an ancient dialect of polish and are of ancient polish descent. Maybe slavs come from there?
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Posted: 17-Oct-2005 at 01:30 |
Originally posted by HistoryGuy
i mean turkic yes, but i have read that there is
a city in Turkey that speaks an ancient dialect of polish and are of
ancient polish descent. Maybe slavs come from there? |
Could be descendants of those populations of Slavs that
Romano/Byzantine Emperors transferred to Anatolia (modern Asian Turkey)
from the Balkans before the Turkish conquest of the area.
Just a guess....
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Posted: 17-Oct-2005 at 03:41 |
Originally posted by HistoryGuy
i mean turkic yes, but i have read that there is
a city in Turkey that speaks an ancient dialect of polish and are of
ancient polish descent. Maybe slavs come from there? |
The first time I read on that. But take for sure that Slavs are
original from the Poland-Belarus area and they do not look Asian but
just Eastern European, that is with a blonde tendency, maybe some
Mongloid eyelids but not more than what you can see nowadays, rather
tall, mostly brachicephalic...
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Posted: 17-Oct-2005 at 23:32 |
Originally posted by HistoryGuy
i mean turkic yes, but i have read that there is a city in Turkey that speaks an ancient dialect of polish and are of ancient polish descent. Maybe slavs come from there? |
Justinian II undertook a huge project to resettle whole segments of the empire's Slavic population into Anatolia, maybe thats got something to do with it?
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Posted: 18-Oct-2005 at 12:33 |
Originally posted by HistoryGuy
i mean turkic yes, but i have read that there is a city in Turkey that speaks an ancient dialect of polish and are of ancient polish descent. Maybe slavs come from there?
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This is Polish city near Istambul. Its inhabitated by the descendants of Polish patriots who fought against Russia and for services gived to the Ottomans were allowed by the Sultan to settle in Turkey. First the town was named Adampol but now if i remember well it has different name. The town was fund in the times of Crimean War.
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Posted: 18-Oct-2005 at 12:36 |
BTW - i have read today that not far from my city was found cementary from 10th century. One of the dead burried there is a polish warior - who was 2 meters high! I guess in the 10 century he was a giant.
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Posted: 19-Oct-2005 at 01:24 |
Originally posted by Mosquito
BTW - i have read today that not far from my city was
found cementary from 10th century. One of the dead burried there is a
polish warior - who was 2 meters high! I guess in the 10 century he was
a giant. |
Well the average man in the 13th century was 5ft 3, anyone over 6 ft
tall was given the title of giant. To them, he must have been a
colossus.
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Posted: 19-Oct-2005 at 01:57 |
was he buried with any weapons, maybe his horse?
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Posted: 19-Oct-2005 at 06:07 |
Originally posted by Maju
Anyhow, how do you know that ancient Slavic warriors looked easterner
(Asian or Turkic, I assume that's what you mean)? Have you ever seen in
person or photo any ancient Slavic warrior? I think the answer is nope.
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Artifacts have been recovered from the early medieval period of Slavic
history which appear to be similar to artifacts found in Central
Asia. Case in point would be the helmet of the typical Slavic
warrior. The style of this helmet is nearly identical to that of
Central Asian nomads such as the Mongols. As a matter of fact,
the helmet style continued to be used until fairly recent times.
An example would be the helmet of this Polish Winged
Hussar:www.squadron.com/old/fnpwh/fnpwh6.jpg
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Posted: 19-Oct-2005 at 06:30 |
Originally posted by Scytho-Sarmatian
Originally posted by Maju
Anyhow, how do you know that ancient Slavic warriors looked easterner
(Asian or Turkic, I assume that's what you mean)? Have you ever seen in
person or photo any ancient Slavic warrior? I think the answer is nope.
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Artifacts have been recovered from the early medieval period of Slavic
history which appear to be similar to artifacts found in Central
Asia. Case in point would be the helmet of the typical Slavic
warrior. The style of this helmet is nearly identical to that of
Central Asian nomads such as the Mongols. As a matter of fact,
the helmet style continued to be used until fairly recent times.
An example would be the helmet of this Polish Winged
Hussar:www.squadron.com/old/fnpwh/fnpwh6.jpg
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Medieval period, ok. Yes, sure that Huns and Sarmatians (and later
Mongol-Tatars) had some influence in Slavic customs and specially
weapons then.
But I took the proposition as if they were Mongoloid-looking, when one
would expect them to be rather Nord-European-looking, just as they do
now, specially in their places of origin.
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Posted: 19-Oct-2005 at 08:33 |
The "nord" look that you are referring to is actually the East Baltid subracial characteristic.
If I had to generalize and over-simplify, I would describe the typical
Slavic type as somewhat round-headed with light brown or blond hair,
light-colored, somewhat narrow eyes, with high cheekbones and broad features and of medium
height and stocky build. This doesn't really describe the classic
"Nordic" type, which is taller and longer-headed, with sharp features.
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Posted: 19-Oct-2005 at 13:17 |
Originally posted by Scytho-Sarmatian
The "nord" look that you are referring to is actually the East Baltid subracial characteristic. |
Whatever. I've reached the following conclussion regarding European
types: there are Nordics and Mediterraneans basically. And this may be
more of appearence than anything else. I don't believe much in those
numerous racial subtypes like Alpine, Dinaric, Armenoid, East-Baltic,
Atlanto-Mediterranean, Dalic, etc. What the heck means
Atlanto-Mediterranean, btw? It would seem like it is a Mediterranean
type but it is rather the dominant type in Western Europe or so they
say.
I made my own regional additions of European PCs, and the case seems to
be that, apart of a few more marked regions, like Basque Country,
Lappland or Southern Russia, all Europeans are (primarily) either
PC2+PC3+PC4 (Nordic) or PC1+PC4 (Mediterranean) or a balanced mix
(mostly Britons, I think). That fits quite well with the simple eye
perception of fairer and darker types as you move in the north-south
axis.
I know well that Eastern Slavs are supposed to be mostly of the Eastern
Baltic type and Southern Slavs mainly of the Dinaric and Alpine types,
while Western Slavs (Poles, etc.) are a more mixed but still northern
looking type.
What I meant to say is simply that they would look much like the Poles and Belarussians you can find today.
If I had to generalize and over-simplify, I would describe the typical
Slavic type as somewhat round-headed with light brown or blond hair,
light-colored, somewhat narrow eyes, with high cheekbones and broad features and of medium
height and stocky build. This doesn't really describe the classic
"Nordic" type, which is taller and longer-headed, with sharp features.
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That's what they say... but I'm not so sure that East Baltic type
describes so well the original Slavic type and I'm also not so sure
that East Baltics are much shorter than Nordics.
In any case, they were not Tatar-looking.
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