Armenoid race: Difference between revisions

Armenoids were said to be found throughout [[Eurasia]]. However, the largest concentrations occurred within [[Asia Minor]]. Known as the "true" [[Caucasus|Caucasians]], Armenoids were relatively tall, usually with dark brown or [[black hair]], somewhat [[olive skin|swarthy skin color]], large round eyes that were usually black; a round, brachycephalic head shape with a straight backing (planocciput) (see [[Cephalic index]]), high cheekbones and non-prominent chins. Lips were full, and [[aquiline nose|noses were typically hooked]]. Minority of Armenoids have [[blond]] hair and [[eye color#Blue|blue]], [[eye color#Green|green]], or [[eye color#Hazel|hazel eyes]]. This racial type was believed to be prevalent among the [[Armenians]], [[Assyrian people|Assyrians]], [[Georgian people|Georgians]] and [[Iraqi people|Iraqis]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Fisher|first=William B.|authorlink=William Bayne Fisher|title=The Middle East and North Africa, Volume 50|year=2003|publisher=[[Routledge]]|isbn=9781857431841|page=444}}</ref> It was also an element in [[Southern Europe]]. Armenoid was also identified as the dominant type of the indigenous [[Semitic]] groups of [[Syria]] and [[Mesopotamia]]: the ancient [[Amorite]]s,<ref>{{cite book|last=Hitti|first=Philip K.|authorlink=Philip Khuri Hitti|title=[[History of Syria: including Lebanon and Palestine|History of Syria: including Lebanon and Palestine, Volume 1]]|year=2002|publisher=[[Gorgias Press]]|isbn=193195660X|page=76}}</ref> the modern [[Assyrian people|Assyrians]] and [[Assyrian people|Chaldeans]], the religious minorities of [[Lebanon]] and Syria, and the Lebanese and Syrians of mountainous regions were all identified as being of the Armenoid type.<ref>Review: An Introduction to the Anthropology of the Near East by C. U. Ariëns Kappers, American Anthropologist, 37(35) - Pages 148-49 by W.M. Krogman</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Hourani|first=Albert H.|authorlink=Albert Hourani|title=Syria and Lebanon: A Political Essay|year=1946|publisher=[[Oxford University Press]]|page=96}}</ref>