What explains the high prevalence of light, "continental" phenotypes in western Crete?

[Tauromachos]

Varangian Guards from Byzantine times and Dorians from Ancient Times.
This explain the Nordic phenotypes in the island

Dorians where not Nordic Dude

[Tauromachos]

For me, the Ionians were most advanced, that's why Iraklio and not Chania is the capital of Crete.

IMO the most hard-core Cretans live in Iraklio, the center of agriculture and economy.

Yes..,but Iraklio was not Ionian.
Crete didn't have Ionians.
Ionians where more on other Aegean Islands Samos,Cyclades.. in Asia Minor and some parts of the Mainland.

Except of Dorians and Ionians there where also other tribes in Ancient Greece for example Aeolians.

In the case of Crete there where also Minoans who never really disappeared from Crete.
Most Cretans have mixed ancestry from the different groups that settled there.

[DarknessWin]

Dorians where not Nordic Dude

Dorians had NorthEast Nordic phenotype in them too along with Pontid and other Med types

[Tauromachos]

Dorians had NorthEast Nordic phenotype in them too along with Pontid and other Med types

Yes,possible

[catgeorge]

Dorians were more militant, austere and had kingdoms. Ioanians were the intellectuals that like fancy things.

Crete is militant and austere in character would have heavy Dorian influences. Aegean Islands, Athens and people from West Anatolia are Ionian in subconsciousness.

In other words Cretans can be self sufficient due to farming and exporting fresh produce but places like Athens and Aegean Islands would be screwed as they need to beautify to entice customers. West Anatolians are industrialists.

[epirot]

Yes..,but Iraklio was not Ionian.
Crete didn't have Ionians.
Ionians where more on other Aegean Islands Samos,Cyclades.. in Asia Minor and some parts of the Mainland.

Except of Dorians and Ionians there where also other tribes in Ancient Greece for example Aeolians.

In the case of Crete there where also Minoans who never really disappeared from Crete.
Most Cretans have mixed ancestry from the different groups that settled there.

Might be that Iraklio is a mix between Dorians and Minoans, but then why the accent is more hard-core in Iraklio/Lasithi than Chania? I remember in Iraklio *EVERYBODY* spoke cretan. Hmmmmmm..... same way, today Serbians from Serbia might have more hard-core Slavic customs than e..g Croatians despite being more dark colored.... HMMM!!!


Anyways, for me Rodos / Cyrpus = Ionian to the bone!

[epirot]

Dorians were more militant, austere and had kingdoms. Ioanians were the intellectuals that like fancy things.

Crete is militant and austere in character would have heavy Dorian influences. Aegean Islands, Athens and people from West Anatolia are Ionian in subconsciousness.

In other words Cretans can be self sufficient due to farming and exporting fresh produce but places like Athens and Aegean Islands would be screwed as they need to beautify to entice customers. West Anatolians are industrialists.

Please leave the poor albanians of Attica outside of this. Enough with the lies. West Anatolians (West Easterners) is a fucking contradiction in terms.
There has never been any ionian/dorian/etc... with freaking FOUSTANELA, for Christ's sake.

[Tauromachos]

Might be that Iraklio is a mix between Dorians and Minoans, but then why the accent is more hard-core in Iraklio/Lasithi than Chania? I remember in Iraklio *EVERYBODY* spoke cretan. Hmmmmmm.....


Anyways, for me Rodos / Cyrpus = Ionian to the bone!

Rhodes was Dorian in ancient times and i think their dialect still today is more
close to ancient Doric.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doric_Hexapolis


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doric_...lonization.svg

Cyprus was Achaean.
Cypriots spoke the so called Arcado-Cypriot dialect which is an own dialect neither Dorian nor Ionian
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arcadocypriot_Greek

[Tauromachos]

Hmmmmmm..... same way, today Serbians from Serbia might have more hard-core Slavic customs than e..g Croatians despite being more dark colored.... HMMM!!!

?????????

Despite??

What has light or dark to do with customs or with accent??

Did you smoke something...?

[epirot]

Rhodes was Dorian in ancient times and i think their dialect still today is more
close to ancient Doric.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doric_Hexapolis


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doric_...lonization.svg

Cyprus was Achaean.
Cypriots spoke the so called Arcado-Cypriot dialect which is an own dialect neither Dorian nor Ionian
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arcadocypriot_Greek

but today the similarity between Cypriot dialect is Rodos dialect is STRIKING! Especially if you go to Archangelos.