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Note that intermixing between those whom we call 'Sub-Saharan' Africans and the "rest of the world" is definitely not new or unique to the 'Western Hemisphere' as OP seems to assume: we know very clearly from Classical written sources and iconography that there were many peoples of 'Sub-Saharan' appearance well north of the Sahara desert, in close contact with Mediterranean and Levantine (thus, clearly "Out of Africa") humans. Even more than this, we know of such 'Sub-Saharan' folks who were very deeply integrated in ancient Mediterranean and Levantine societies, and while these folks were clearly a tiny minority and their distinctive appearance was often remarked upon, this did not hurt their social standing in any sense; there was even a well-known Egyptian dynasty of "Black" pharaohs.


> we know very clearly from Classical written sources and iconography that there were many peoples of 'Sub-Saharan' appearance well north of the Sahara desert, in close contact with Mediterranean and Levantine (thus, clearly "Out of Africa") humans.

We also know they had negligible genetic impact.

> while these folks were clearly a tiny minority and their distinctive appearance was often remarked upon, this did not hurt their social standing in any sense; there was even a well-known Egyptian dynasty of "Black" pharaohs.

You say that like social standing determines who gets to be king. The Nubian pharaohs got their position in the standard way, by conquering Egypt. They weren't native, they took very little interest in their new territory, and they didn't last very long.

There was a well-known Chinese dynasty of Mongol emperors. What do you think the social standing of Mongols in China was before and after that happened?


They did follow the Egyptian religion IIRC and even tangle with Persians


> and even tangle with Persians

Absolutely not. They were gone a hundred years before the beginning of Persia.


My bad, Assyrians




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