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 Hannibal 

Good Article it could use a bit of revising but we can worry about that later. Returning to the discussion about the coint,,,uhhh guys Hannibal is Phoenician(Caanite,Yemen Migrents) Caanite(yemen Migrents Berber(yemen Migrents) Carthaginian Arab

Berbers: 

Berbers are the original and first inhabitants of North-Africa, in other words, they are the natives of this part of Africa. The name by which they are called (berbers) comes from the noun ""barbarians"" (in english). And this, because Romans used to call All those who didn't speak their language  ""barbarians""... And actually, there are only us who are still called like this ^_~ why did they use this term, they just use this noun without any feeling of a pejorative meaning. But to call themeselves in their language (Tamazight), they use ""imazighen"": the plural of ""Amazigh"". 

Many people ask about our origins, and I always say that this question is sensless! it's like asking what is the origins of the Indians! Indians Don't have the same eyes as chinese but they are considered as asians so Just think about us (it's an order!) that We are berbers Thus we are Africans! 

Don't forget that those who first were called africans were berbers, when you study about Rome and byzantine at school, you've probably heard about carthage and africans? these africans were the great Phoenicians,Berbers (arabs). Hence the Carthaginian Arabs. 

But we can answer to which race the berbers belong to, As you know (I'm sure you don't know!^^') there are 3 races in the world: 

The Caucasoid race (Europeans, Jews/hebrews, Arabs ...etc.) 

The Negroid Race. (Blacks) 

The Mongloid Race. (chinese, japanese ...etc.) 

Berbers are predominately Caucasoid (berbers of the sahara are mixed with sub-saharans), Their language is close to the Language spoken by the old egyptians (Pharaohs...), in other words they speak an Afro-asiatic language (Hebrew, Arab, assyrian, Old egyptian, Berber...etc.) SEMETIC! XD 

To see how berbers look like click google 

To know how berber language sounds (through music) download this MP3 by clicking google 

The lands where berbers lived in the past, were from the west of Old Egypt to the Canary-islands, But now, Berbers constitute only 25% of the population in Algeria and 40% in morocco, the berbers of the canary islands (called guanches) are spanish now and they've lost their language. 

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GENETICS And Origins of Berbers 
Origins of Berbers: 
Final Genetic Make Up: 
Mtdna: 
 
North african cromagnoid Ibero-maurusian (U6): about 15% 
""Iberian"" mtdna (H, pre HV, V...etc.): 60%-80% 
Subsaharan Mtdna: 2%-20% 

Y-dna: 
 
Capsian (E3b2)  60-80 % 
Arab (J*): 10-300% (30% in tunisians!) 
Subsaharan: 3%-8% 
RECENT European: 0-%10% 
Berber DNA Tested 

Genetical Studies begin to be done on berbers, Be happy! YIPEEE p 

Here is the Berber DNA compared to other ethnics: 

""So far, our analyses have allowed a clear dissection of almost all NW African...paternal lineages into several components with distinct historical origins. In this way, the historical origins of the NW African Y-chromosome pool may be summarized as follows: 75% NW African Upper Paleolithic (H35, H36, and H38), 13% Neolithic (H58 and H71), 4% historic European gene flow (group IX, H50, H52), and 8% recent sub-Saharan African (H22 and H28)."" (Bosch et al., Am J Hum Genet, 2001) * * * Caucasoid mtDNA (maternal) sequences, labeled L3E and U6, were detected at frequencies of 96% in Moroccan Berbers, 82% in Algerian Berbers and 78% in non-Berber Moroccans, compared with only 4% in a Senegalese population. (Rando et al., Ann Hum Genet, 1998) * * * 

While the origins of the Sumerians, whose language appears related to no known linguistic family, remain a mystery, the other people of the region were chiefly Semites - Canaanites (the Levant), Amorites (southwestern desert people), Akkadians and Assyrians (Mesopotamia), Arameans, Habiru (Hebrews) and Bedu (Beduin Arabs of the southern desert). The languages of these groups are closely related, and also related more distantly to Hamitic languages, which include ancient Egyptian, Coptic, and Ethiopian.

Throughout the Bronze Age there was a sporadic influx of nomads from Arabia into the area, hostile at first, but soon incorporated into the existing culture. Later, Indo-European peoples migrated into the area. Among them were the Hurrians, who moved from Turkey in the North to Iraq in the 3rd milleneum BCE and brought the light horse-drawn chariot and composite b