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Greeks would also be another example. The Hellenes have been in the general area with linguistic continuity since the Bronze age. Though their populations in As
by cmrdporcupine 3y ago
Greeks would also be another example. The Hellenes have been in the general area with linguistic continuity since the Bronze age. Though their populations in Asia Minor were expelled in the early 20th century.
Possibly the Armenians are another example. And Georgians if you lump the Caucasus in with Europe. Albanians maybe also, as they are proposed by some to be descendants of the Illyrians.
Balts, Slavs, Germans, Celts, and maybe Italic speakers seem to have moved around a lot more.
- pookha 3y agoAren't most these European cultures all heavily descended (genetically and linguistically) from the Western Steppe hunter-gatherer horse tribes? Those guys got into Greece just like they got into the UK (probably sooner in Greece). The Minoans weren't though. Which is why you've got the wild Greek culture wars with Crete (Minoans and their Minotaur will eat your baby).
- cmrdporcupine 3y agoWell yes, but the point is they stayed where they were for longer than the 2k year horizon that the grandparent commenter was talking about.