[Arthurian legend] How would King Arthur feel if he returned to defend modern Britain as foretold, only to find that it is now overrun by the Anglo-Saxons he supposedly fought?

So you say, but I don't see why I should take your word seriously. My sources include a long-ass reading list about how medieval Europe was not monolithically white. Are you forgetting about medieval Jews and Muslims? Are you forgetting about Islamic Spain?

Spain, even though cited a comical amount of times, was an exception to the rule. They were literally conquered by Arabs and Berbers. And eventually they kicked them out.

You seemed to be saying that anyone important and rich had no reason to travel. Well, they did. You also seemed to be saying that nobody would have any good reason to visit Europe, which frankly is an insult to Europeans.

For what reason would a Malian king travel to Europe? It is not an insult to Europe, people just weren't really into travel at that time. Unless you were the vikings.

And it's not just the rich that went travelling. Peasants went on pilgrimage all the time, aided by Church-subsidized rest stops and a surprising abundance of leisure time. They walked to Rome, they walked to Santiago de Compostela, they walked to friggin' Jerusalem.

So? You are talking about emigration, not immigration.

You said Europe was at no point "multi-ethnic." At no point, which includes prehistoric times. Please, at least try to keep up with your own side of the conversation. It's unlikely that any Neanderthal population survived to medieval times. Nevertheless their genes persisted up to the modern day.

Do you consider neanderthals and humans "different ethnicities"? Might as well say Europe is multi ethnic now since there are deer and dogs and cats here lmao. Also, it is pretty clear that I was talking about Europe in the cultural sense. There was no "Europe" in prehistoric times, it was pretty much just Eurasia. The Europe-Asia split is a later, cultural one.

Why place an arbitrary line between white people and black people?

Because that's what we are talking about? Europeans (And a lot of middle eastern groups) are generally seen as the "white people" and Sub saharan africans as "blcak people"

Why lump the Franks, Jutes, and Goths into one happy pile, when such groups wrote the history of Europe in one another's blood?

Well, precisely because "such groups wrote the history of Europe in one another's blood." They were important.

Europe has always been a melting-pot. Deal with it boyee.

That article clearly refutes your argument lmao. There is pretty much no Sub-saharan african in Europe. Also, you are horrible at arguing.

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