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Sorry, White Nationalists, Europeans were Black until the Rise of Rome, and Rome was Multiracial
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Sorry, White Nationalists, Europeans were Black until the Rise of Rome, and Rome was Multiracial

Juan Cole

It wasn’t until the era of the foundation of Rome, however, than any significant number of Europeans began being lighter complected.

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“Came out by the Same Door:” FitzGerald’s The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:27

“Came out by the Same Door:” FitzGerald’s The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:27

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