Are Armenians and Georgians Europeans? Poll!

[Imamudin]

I know fairly recent georgian and armenian immigrants in germany.

Good... but since when have Caucasian mountaineers a "Balkan mentality"???

[Caius]

Good... but since when have Caucasian mountaineers a "Balkan mentality"???

Mountain people are very alike with one another. I have dated a georgian girl and also grown up with some georgians (actual georgians not pontic greeks) in my old neighborhood. The ones from svaneti especially fit the bill and are great guys.

[Imamudin]

Mountain people are very alike with one another. I have dated a georgian girl and also grown up with some georgians (actual georgians not pontic greeks) in my old neighborhood. The ones from svaneti especially fit the bill and are great guys.

LMAO Georgians are not very alike with us (Chechens/Ingushes). They are not even Muslims.

[Caius]

LMAO Georgians are not very alike with us (Chechens/Ingushes). They are not even Muslims.

I thought you were georgian for some reason. I've never met any chechens but the thread is about georgians and armenians so I was referring to those two only.

[LoLeL]

NO

[Stotnik369]

No.

Phenotypically, they're mainly Armenoids and Mtebids, which aren't European phenotypes.

Genetically, Georgians mainly have G and J haplogroups, and Armenians one non-European branch of R1b.

Culturally, they're at best Eurasians. Definitely not Europeans. Being Christian doesn't mean being European (I personally consider all eastern Christians as non-European in terms of culture).

Historically, they were mainly under non-European empires and with non-European influences in theirs' cultures, politics and form of governance.
For example, the famous Georgian epic poem ''The Knight in the Panther's Skin'' is mainly based on Persian literary forms.
They're even today prone to authoritarian and corrupted governments, similar to Turkish, Russian or Kazakh ones.