| Question for Mono, Sandaramet, Hrach-Techie etc. Do you identify yourselves with the IE Armenian tribes of Thraco-Phrygians, Hittites, Scythians/Cimmerians etc. more or with the autochtonous non-IE Hurro-Urartians, Hayasa-Azzi etc. ?
I will provide similar examples of ethnogenesis for reference.
In the case of Greeks the non-IE's are the Minoans and various Pelasgians of the mainland Hellas and Anatolia. The IE's would be the Achaeans/Myceneans, Dorians etc.
In the case of Romans/Italians (ethnic Latins not ancient Roman citizens), the non-IE's would be the Etruscans and various Pelasgians. The IE's would be the various Latin tribes and perhaps even Trojan(IE Wilusa) migrants.
Both Greek and Roman descendants acknowledge their non-IE heritage via Etruscans, Minoans, Pelasgians etc. yet primarily they identify themselves linguistically, culturally and racially with the IE's first and foremost.
There seems to be a cunfusion regarding this matter with Armenians. I would like to discuss these issues and the modern socio-economical as well as geo-political ramifications of each stance. |