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Illyrians and their history is in fact  history of today's people of Dinaric
region (Western Balkans) who are not of Slavic origin but of Illyrian.

Dinaric region contains continental Dalmatia, Dalmatian Zagora, Konavle,
Lika, Kordun, Banija, Hercegovina, Bosnia, Montenegro, Rascia or
Sandjak, Sumadija, Morava region, North Albania, Kosovo and today's
Rep. Macedonia.  In short
Dinaric region is in almost the same location
as the ancient Roman province of
Dalmatia which was one  of the two
provinces  of Illyricum while the other province was Pannonia in the
location of today's Slavonia, Zagorje, Vojvodina and half of Hungary
(starting western from the river called Danube) .
Province of Dalmatia covered area south of river Sava and Kupa, west of
Great Morava then the border went trough Kosovo and south to river Drim
in North Albania and the center was Scodra or today's Skadar.

Illyrians were a conglomeration of nations and they can be decided in
several groups such as
southern (Hellenistic), northern (istria, under
italic influences) and central/nortern (such as
Dalmatians, Iapodes and
Pannonians). As fas as culture and civilization goes south group was
vastly ahead of the other two and especially ahead of central/northern
one (unlucky to be far from advanced Greece or Italy).

Hellenic Dorians settled Illyria since before 2000 BC. Illyrians spoke
Hellenic and after the coming of Romans Latin language become
dominant in the western and coastal parts of Illyria. Connection between
Dorians and south Illyrians can be drawn by the fact that the first recorded
ruler of Illyrians was called
Hyllus whom in the Hellenic mythology was
also son of Heraklidis (
Hercules) whom Dorians considered as their
ancestor hense their term 'return of
Heraklidis' for their invasion of Greece.

Montenegro is the purest Illyrian racial zone while the purest Dorian racial
zone is the tribe
Sfakia which lives in the southwest part of the island
Crete and are the descendants of Dorian invasion of Greece from around
1000 BC which came from the direction of Macedonia and Illyria.  In the
book '
The Races of Europe' ( written 1939 ) the great racial anthropologist
Charleston Stevens Coon clearly compared Montenegrins to Sfakia.  
Montenegrins in their speech have thousands of Hellenic words which
are mainly connected to village and house. Even the name for the national
Montenegrin dance 'oro' comes from Hellenic 'horo'  which means 'dance'.

Big number of the more important toponym's are of nonslavic origin
(Hellenic or Latin origin).

It is worth mentioning that Latin speaking Illyrians spoke their own
Dalmatian dialect.

All the mentioned Dinaric regions are culturally and racially more similar
to Montenegrins than to regions such as  Vojvodina, Zagorje, Slavonija or
Central Albania.

Racial anthropology classifies people of the Dinaric region to be of
Dinaric race (or Adriatic race or Epirotic race) which is a subgroup of
Mediterranean race. The real Slavs are classified as so called
"
Neo-Danubian" which is dominant in Ukraine, White Russia, Poland,
West Russia and it exists in  Panonia and Slovenia or north part of former
S.F.R. Yugoslavia (although in our region it is in dinarized form).

Neodanubian group is a stabilized blend of
Nordic Danubian group and
semi-oriental
Lagodan (hence the name 'neodanubian' ). Dinaric group
was created as a stabilized blend between
Mediterraneans and Alpines
(2/3 first group). According to the already mentioned info it is obvious that
Dinarics and Neodanubians are not even members of a same race and
thus it easily eliminates the theory that Dinarics are Slavs.  It also tells us
as that the real Slavs colonized only Panonia and Slovenia and even there
are not dominant but rather mixed and hence the names Slavonija or
Slovenija.
Rasna Zastupljenost na Balkanu i Evropi

In the same part of former Yu. that we find Nedanubians (5%) we also
find another
Mediterranean  subgroup called "Noric" (10%) and which
can be classified as lighter version of
Dinarics. The name Noric is
derived from the name of the ancient Roman province of Noricum (in
today's Austria) while Norics are in effect de pigmented Dinarics.

Dinaric type represents around 75% of the population of former Yu. which
is the same percentage as Albania. Among us Dinarics and Noric
together compose 85% of the population. On the Adriatic coast the
dominant type is the so called "
Western Mediterranean" type which also
has no relation with Slavs either.  This racial type represents around 10%
of the total population of Yugoslavia and its a second most numerous  
with Norics (10%) and ahead of Neo-Danubians or simply
SLAVS (5%) .
Turkic
Turanid is almost non-existent.

It is interesting to mention that the Neodanubian type is more evident in
Hungary (35%) and even Romania (20%) than it is in former Yugoslavia.
The same type represents only 20% of Czechoslovakia  where Dinarics
are 25% and primarily  in Moravia (where it arrived with colonists such as
Transylvanian Romanians during the time of Austro-Hungary).

Dinaric type in different countries means
different origin (according to
racial anthropology and history the conclusion is that Illyrians, Venets
from N. Italy, and at least partially Dorians, Macedonians and Phrygians
were all of Dinaric race and thus related to each other) .  Venets from
North Italy (who are of Illyrian origin) and Venets or Wends from Eastern
Europe (Baltic race) are not of the same origin since they are not of the
same race (they neither have same culture nor language) and outside of
the name have no similarity (also the names appear at the different time
frames ). Name is of Latin origin (Venetus -Blue  in Latin ).

-In Hungary, Moravia, SFR Yu. and Albania: Illyrian
-Romania: Illyrians in Roman legions
-Bulgaria: Illyrians in Roman legions
-Ukraine: Impact from Romania
-Greece: Dorian, Macedonian
-Italy: mainly Venets or Veneti
(NOT to confuse with   Wends)

U istoj zoni bivse SFRJ u kojoj nalazimo Novodunavski tip (5%) takodje  
nalazimo i drugu
Mediteransku podgrupu zvanu "Norik" (10%) i koja se
moze klasifikovati kao svjetlija varijanta
Dinaraca. Ime Norik proizilazi iz
imena drevne Rimske provincije po imenu Norikum (danasnja Austrija)
dok su Noricani u stvarnosti depemgmentirani Dinarci.

Dinarski tip prestavlja oko 75% stanovnistva bivse Jugoslavije  sto je
procenat isti sa Albanijom. Kod nas Dinarci i Norik zajedno prestavljaju
85% populacije.   Na Jadranskom  primorju dominantan rasni elemenat
cini takozvani  "
zapadno - mediteranski"  tip  koji takodje nemaju veze sa
Slovenima.   Ovaj rasni tip prestavlja oko 10% ukupnog stanovnistva bivse
Jugoslavije i drugi je rasni tip po brojnosti zajedno sa rasnim tipom -
Norikom (10%) i ispred Novodunavaca ili jednostavno
SLOVENA (5%) .
Turski Turanid je skoro bez prisustva.

Interesantno je napomenuti da je Novodunavski tip mnogo prisutniji u
Madjarskoj (35%) ili cak Ruminiji (20%) nego u bivsoj Jugoslaviji. Isti tip
prestavlja  samo 20% Cehoslovacke gdje je Dinarski zastuplen sa 25% i
to pretezno u zonu zvanu Moravska (u koji je dosao preko kolonizatora
poput Transilvanskih Rumuna za vrijeme Austro-Ugarske).

Da napomenem da Dinarski tip u razlicitim zemljama znaci
razlicito
porijeklo
(na osnovu rasne antropologije i istorije dolazi se do zakljucka
da su Iliri, Veneti iz sjeverne Italije kao i djelimice Dorjani, Makedonci i
Frigijci svi navedeni bili su  Dinarske rase i time srodni jedni drugome).  
Veneti iz Sjeverne Italije (koji su Iliri porijeklom) i  istoimeni Veneti tj Vendi
iz istocne Evrope (Balticke rase) nijesu istog porijekla jer nijesu iste rase
(niti imaju isti jezik niti istu kulturu) i sem imena nemaju slicnosti (takodje
imena  se pojavljuju u dva vremenska razdovlja). Ime im je dato od strane
Latina (Venetus na Latinskom znaci Plavo).

-U Madjarskoj, Moravskoj, SFRJ i Albaniji: Iliri
-Rumunija: Iliri u rimskim legijama
-Bugarska: Iliri u rimskim legijama
-Ukrajina: Uticaj preko Rumunije
-Grcka: Dorjani, Makedonci
-Italija: najvise Venecani ili Veneti
(NE mijesati pojam sa  Vendi)
I L I R I J A  -  ' Z E M LJ A   G U S A L A '

Iliri i njihova istorija je u stvari istorija danasnjeg naroda Dinarske zone
(Zapadni Balkan) koji nije Slovenskog porijekla vec upravo Ilirskog.

Dinarsku zonu obuhvata kontinentalna Dalmacija, Dalmatinska Zagora,
Konavle, Lika, Kordun, Banija, Hercegovina, Bosna, Crna Gora, Raska ili
Sandjak, Sumadija, Pomoravlje, Sjeverna Albania, Kosovo i Metohija i
danasnja Rep. Makedonija.   Ukratko
Dinarska zona je podudarna
geografski sa drevnom Rimskom provincijom zvana
Dalmatia koja je bila
jedna od provincija Ilirikuma dok je druga bila Panonia i koja je obuhvatala
danasnje zone poput Slavonije, Zagorja, Vojvodine i pola Madjarske
(zapadno od Dunava).   Provincija Dalmacija je obuhvatala zonu juzno od
Save i Kupe, zapadno od Velike Morave zatim granica je isla Kosovom i
juzno do rijeke Drima u sjevernoj Albaniji i centar joj je bila Skodra ili
danasnji Skadar.

Iliri su bili kongoleracija naroda i mogu se podijeliti na vise grupa kao sto
su juzna (helinisticka), sjeverna (istria, pod italskim uticajem) i
centralna/sjeverna (poput Dalmata, Japoda i Panonaca). Kulturno i
civilizaciono gledano juzna grupa je bila daleko ispred ostale dvije a
posebno nad centralno/sjevernom (koja nije imala srecu da ima niti
naprednu Grcku niti Italiju u svojoj blizini).

Helenski Dorjani nastanjuju Iliriju od prije 2000 PNE. Iliri su zborili
Helenskim jezikom a nakon dolaska Rimljana Latinski jezik je postao
dominantan u zapadnom i primorskom dijelu Ilirije. Veza izmedju Dorjana i
juznih Ilira postoji recimo u cinjenici da prvi zapisani vladar Ilira se zvao
Hyllus koji u Helenskoj mitologiji prestavlja i sina Heraklidisa (Herkulesa)
koga su Dorjani gledali kao svoga pretka a svoju invaziju Grcke su zbog
toga imenovali 'povratak Heraklidisa' (ili Herkulesa) u njihovoj invaziji Grcke.

Crna Gora je najcistija Ilirska rasna zona dok je najcistiju Dorjansku rasnu
zonu prestavlja pleme
Sfakia koje zivi u jugozapadnom dijelu ostrva Kriti i
koji su potomci Dorjanske invazije Grcke koja se desila oko 1000 PNE i
koja je dosla iz pravca Makedonije i Ilirije.   U knjigi pod nazivom '
Rase
Evrope
' (napisane 1939) veliki rasni antropolog Charleston Stevens Coon
jasno je uporedio Crnogorce sa Sfakia.   Crnogorci u svom govoru koriste
na hiljade Helenskih rijeci koje su najvise povezane sa selom i kucom.   
Cak je i ime Crnogorske nacijonalne igre 'oro'  porijeklom od helenske
rijeci 'horo' koja znaci  igrati.

Veliki broj vaznijih toponima su neslovenskog porijekla ( Helenskog ili
Latinskog porijekla ).

Vrijedi napomenuti da su Iliri koji su govorili Latinski jezik imali svoj
Dalmatski dijalekat.

Sve navedene Dinarske zone su kulturno i rasno najsrodnije Crnogorcima
nego sto bi bile zonama poput Vojvodine, Zagorja, Slavonije ili Srednje
Albanije.  

Gledano kroz rasnu anropologiju narod Dinarske zone je svrstan u
Dinarsku rasu (ili Jadransku ili Epirotsku)  koja je dio Mediteranske rase.  
Pravi Sloveni su svrstani u takozvanu "
Novodunavsku" grupu koja je
dominantna u Ukrajini, Bjelorusiji, Poljskoj, zapadnoj Rusiji i ovaj tip se
nalazi kod nas u Panoniji i Sloveniji ili na sjeveru  bivshe SFRJ (mada je u
nasoj zoni u dinarizovanoj formi).

Novodunavska grupa je stabilizobani blend
Nordiske Dunavske grupe i
semi-orijentalnog
Lagodana (time ime 'novodunavska'). Dinarska grupa je
nastala kao stabilizovani blend
Mediteranaca (2/3) i Alpinaca (1/3). Po
navedenom je lako primijetiti da Dinarci i Novodunavci ne pripadaju cak ni
istoj rasi stoga navedena informacija lako eliminise teoriju da su Dinarci
Slovenskog porijekla. Isto tako nam govori da su se pravi Sloveni jedino
kolonizovali Panoniju i Sloveniju a ni ovjde nijesu dominatni vec su
mijesani a to nam objasnjava odakle zone ovdje sa imenima poput
Slavonija or Slovenija.
Racial Distribution in Balkans and Europe
Dorian Hellenes (Greeks) - Dorians
Dorjanski Heleni (Grci) - Dorjani

Dorian Greeks settled in Illyria before 2000BC and the center of Dorians
were Epirus and Macedonia. Ancient writer Strabo states that culture,
religion, tunics, language of southern Illyrians (and Vrygians) is very
similar to
Epirotes and Macedonians thus making Southern Illyrians of
clearly Hellenistic nature.

Dorians called themselves "Makednos" what in ancient Hellenic meant
'tall, warlike highlander ' and Macedonia  was named after them. Other
Hellenic nations were Micenians, Ionians, Aeolians, Acheans,etc.   Dorians
were very tall and very warlike.   Ancient pictures of Dorian Spartans
contained in them warriors with dark hair with reddish  tone.  Also they had
tribal order, blood feuds, and possessed 'lyra' . (it is possible that the
region Illyria was named after lyra and first time the name Illyria was
mentioned was in 4 - th century BC).   According to Hellenic mythology
name Illyrians is derived from the son of
Cadmus and Harmonia - Illyrius.
The ruler of Dorians represented both a spiritual leader and a military
leader.   According to the legend Dorians got their name from one of the
Helen's sons called Dorus.   Some of the Dorians attacked South Greece
from the direction of Macedonia, south Illyria and Epirus in 12 and 11
cen.BC .  They took islands of Crete, Dodecanese and other Aegean
islands also Lakonia, Argolis, and Korintos in the Peloponesos peninsula.
Famous Sparta was a Doric settlement.

In the ancient Hellenic legend the Dorian invasion of Peloponesus  
happened around 1104 BC although  now it is accepted by most historians
that it accured rather in 12, 11cen. BC or even earlier.
In the ancient legend
the Dorian invasion was called 'return of Hercules' since according to
the legend Dorians were looked at as descendants of Hercules (or
Heraklidis as pronounced in Hellenic ).

Dorjanski Heleni nastanjuju Iliriju prije 2000 PNE i moze se reci da su
centri Dorjana bili Epirus i Makedonija. Drevni pisac Strabo je
kategorican da kultura, religija,nosnja, jezik juznih Ilira (i Vriga) je
veoma srodan sa Epirotama i Makedoncima time jasno oznacavajuci
da su juzni Iliri bili ocigledno helenisticke prirode.

Dorjani su  sebe zvali 'Makednos' sto na starohelenskom jeziku znaci
'visoki, ratoborni brdjanin' i Makedonija je dobila ime po njima. Druge
Helenske nacije su bili  Mikenijani, Ionci, Aeolci, Ahejci, itd.    Dorjani su
bili  veoma visoki i veoma ratoborni.  Drevne slike Dorjanskih Spartanaca
imaju u njima ratnike sa tamnom kosom sa crvenkastim tonovima.  
Dorjani  su imali plemenske zajednice, krvne osvete i gusle koje se na
Helenskom zovu 'lyra'. (moguce je da je po liri je prozvana Ilirija koja se
kao ime prvi put pojavljuje u 4 vijeku PNE). Po Helenskoj mitologiji ime
Iliri potice preko sina
Kadmusa i Harmonije - Illyriusa.  Vodja Dorjana je
prestavljao u isto vrijeme i duhovnog i vojnog vodju.  Po  legendi Dorjani
su dobili ime od jednoga od sinova
Jelene (Eleni) koji se zvao Dorus.  
Jedan dio Dorjana je napao juznu Grcku iz pravca Makedonije, juzne
Ilirije i Epirusa u 12 - om  i 11- om  vijeku PNE.  U to vrijeme uzeli su
ostrva Kriti, Dodekaneska i druga Egejska ostrva takodje i  Lakoniju,
Argolis, i Korintos na poluostrvu Peloponezu. Slavna Sparta je osnovana
od Dorjana.


U Grckoj antickoj legendi Dorjanska invazija Peloponeza se desila oko
1104 PNE mada vecina sadasnjih istoricara podrzava tezu da se desila
u 12 ,11  ili cak ranijem vijeku PNE.
Navedena invazija se u drevnim  
Helenskim legendama  zove 'Povratak Herkulesa'  posto se po legendi
Dorjani gledaju kao potomci od Herkulesa ( ili Heraklidisa kako se
originalno izgovara na Helenskom ).
Illyrians as an extension of Hellenic world

South Illyrians (original Illyrians, Ardideans, belong to southern Illyrians) are
descendants of earlier Dorians and first time are mentioned in recorded
history in 4 cen.BC.   Modern history informs us that the earliest Illyrian ruler
was called
Hylus who lived around 12 cen.BC . His name is identical with
the name of one of the major three Dorian tribes which invaded south
Greece from the direction of Macedonia and Illyria in the same time frame
(12,11cen.BC).   Ancient Macedonians considered Illyrians and Thracians
as their close kin.

Roman sources from 2-nd cen.BC ( time of Illyrian-Roman wars ) call
Queen
Teuta's Illyria ( pronounced 'Tefta' and it is a old Hellenic name) a
half-hellenic country because although Illyrians spoke Hellenic since their
culture was a lot less advanced than that of Athens. In ancient times
Hellenism represented not only speaking Hellenic language but advanced
culture what was the primary reason pre-alexandian Macedonia was called
barbarian by Athens although the language of ancient Macedonians was
Hellenic.

Even the real name of the Roman emperor called Diokletian (born in
Dalmatia) was
Diokles (a pure Hellenic name) . Byzantine sources tell us
that the only two languages spoken in Illyria were Latin (seashore and
western part) and Hellenic (Eastern Illyria) while there is no mention of any
separate Illyrian language.

In earlier Hellenic sources there is never a  mention of a separate Illyrian
language nor is there any historical remains of any such language that
would lead us to conclude that Illyrian existed as a separate linguistic
entity.
Iliri kao produzetak Helenskog svijeta

Juzni Iliri (prvi originalni Iliri, Ardidejci, pripadaju juznim Ilirima) su
potomci ranijih Dorjana i prvi put se pominju u istoriji pod tim imenom u
4 vijeku PNE.  Moderna istorija pominje da se prvi vladar Ilira zvao
Hylus
( cita se ' Hilis' ) koji je zivio oko 12 vijeka PNE. Njegovo ime je
identicno
sa imenom jednog od glavna tri Dorjanska plemena koja su napala
juznu Grcku iz pravca Makedonije i Ilirije u istom vremenskom periodu
(12,11 vijek PNE ).  Drevni Makedonci su smatrali Ilire i Tracane kao
bliske i srodne narode.

U Rimskim spisima iz 2 vijeka PNE Ilirija (vrijeme Rimsko-Ilirskih
ratova) kojom je tada vladala kraljica
Teuta (izgovara  se 'Tefta' i
prestavlja staro Helenesko ime) je nazvana
pulu-helenskom zemljom
zato sto iako je narod govorio Helenski kultura je bila daleko ispod
nivoa Atinske. U Anticka vremena Helenizam je podrazumijevao
Helenski jezik i razvijenu kulturu sto je jedan od razloga zasto je
pred-aleksandrova Makedonija nazvana varvarskom zemljom od strane
Atine bezobzira sto su Makedonci govorili Helenski.

Cak je pravo ime Rimskog cara iz Dalmacije Diokletiana bilo
Diokles
(sto prestavlja cisto Helensko ime) dok Vizantiski spisi nam govore da
jedina dva jezika Ilirije su bili Latinski (koji se govorio u primorje i u
zapadnoj zoni) i Helenski (istocna Ilirija) dok nema nikakvih
dokumenata, pomena ili dokaza o zasebnom Ilirskom jeziku.

U ranijom Helenskim izvorima isto se nidje ne spominje da su Iliri
imali svoj zaseban jezik. Ne postoji nista da je ostalo od takozvanog
Ilirskog jezika da nas  dovede do zakljucka da je postajao kao
zaseban lingvisticki entitet.  
Slavs and their composition

For me to be able to discredit the idea that Dinaric region people are of
Slavic origin I have to state who the original Slavs were.   Original Slavs were
of
Baltic origin and lived in the region of today's Ukraine since before 1000
BC.

As of few centuries BC until 3-4 cen. AD these Balts  were controlled and
enslaved by
Sarmatian and Scythians  (both nations were related to
original Persians and Aryans and all of them spoke northern iranian
language) . All of mentioned nations were originally from the region between
Ukraine and Caucasus.

Original Slavic language (Baltic ) was infused with a strong Sanskrit
influence by 4 cen. AD and with this it acquired its 'Slavic' form while the
majority of people still remained of Baltic race. Sanskrit carrier into Slavic
arrived via Baltic language that was Aryianized by Mediternian Aryans.

The very name Slav came from Hellenic word Sklavus (Slave) and Latin
word Slavus (Slave). Slavs were traded as slaves in Crimea by  Sarmatians,
Scythians, Hazars, Goths, etc. and the buyers were Persians, Arabs, Latins
and Byzantines and in their sources Slavs were described as racially
identical with Germanics (logical since Baltic Lithuanians look Germanic ) .

Also the strongest two elements in  Slavic are Baltic and Sanskrit.

The words Serb (
Serboi) and Croat (Horuvatos) are of Sarmatian
(Proto-Iranian) origin and represented Sarmatian tribes (Serboi were
originally one of the tribes of Sarmatic Alans) which ruled over Baltic Slavs
and by doing so have transferred their name upon them while the ruling
class have remained to be Sarmatian.
Sloveni i njihova kompozicija

Da bih bio u poziciji da diskreditujem teoriju da su Dinarci porijeklom od
Slovena moram objasniti ko su bili originalni Sloveni.   Originalni Sloveni
su
Baltickog porijekla i zivjeli su u regionu danasnje Ukrajine jos prije
1000 PNE.

Nekolika vjekova prije PNE  do 3-4v. NE ovi Balti su bili kontrolisani i
porobljeni od strane
Sarmata i Skita (obadvije nacije su bili bliski rodjaci
originalnim Persijancima i Arijanima i govorili su sjeverno iranskim
jezicima). Da napomenem da navedne Iranske nacije su porijeklom iz
zone izmedju Ukrajine i Kavkaza.

Originalni Slovenski jezik ( Balticki ) je dobriju jaki infuziju Sanskritskog
uticaja do 4 - og  vijeka NE  i sa time je uspijo da dobije 'slovensku' formu
dok je narod i dalje vecinom ostao da bude Balticke rase. Sanskrit
prenosilac u Slovenskom dolazi preko Mediteranskih Arijevaca.  

Samo ime Sloven potice od Helenske rijeci Sklavus (Rob) i Latinske rijeci
Slavus (Rob).  Slovene su prodavali na Krimu nacije poput  Sarmati,
Skitijani, Hazari, Goti, itd dok su kupci bili Latini, Vizantinci, Persijci i Arapi i
u njihovim izvorima Sloveni su opisani kao rasno identicni Germanima
(sto Balti poput Litvanaca jesu).

Isto tako na Slovenski jezik ima najveci uticaj Balticki i nakon njega dolazi
Sanskrit.

Rijeci Srbin (
Serboi ) i Hrvat (Horuvatos) su Sarmatskog (Proto-Iranskog)
porijekla i prestavljali su imena za Sarmatska plemena (Serboi su bili
originalno jedno od plemena Sarmatskih Alana) koja su vladala nad
Baltickim Slovenima i cije ime su prenijeli nad njima dok je vladajuca
klasa bila  Sarmatska.
Map of the Dorian Invasion of Greece
Dorian Spartan

Even before the coming of Slavs Illyria was run down by Goths, Gepids,
Huns, Avars, etc. and  it represented a easy prey for Slavs warriors who
although  were  less numerous than Illyrian population nevertheless  were
warriors while Illyria was weakened and  under a Barbarian sword.

Byzantines
were then fighting wars of survival in Anatolia against Persia
and
Arabs and have left vast majority of Balkans undefended.

Slavic formations (together with turanid turkic Avars) counted around
100,000 total when they entered Balkans (the biggest Barbarian formation
were certainly
Goths who numbered 200,000 - 300,000 when they entered
Balkans and were front-runners to other Barbarians and the strongest
Barbarian element which represents number one reason why western
Roman empire collapsed ).

Widely accepted number for the
Roman empire is around 60 million
people
(half of  in the eastern part of the empire ).

Byzantine Balkan part had 3-4 million people (Constantinople alone
between 0.5m.-1.0 m. ) . Regions which are equivalent to today's Greece
had around 1 million thus leaving between 1.5 to 2 million in Illyria (~ 0.7m.
) , Makedonia (~ 0.5m. ) ,  and Trakia (~ 0.6m).   Since Slavs, all together,
numbered around 100.000 people it is logical to conclude that the reason
they didn't leave a more meaningful racial mark on Balkans is do to the fact
that they were much less numerous comparing to the preslavic nations.  
According to racial anthropology is is easily noticed that the Slavic racial
element (called Neodanubian element) is only present in Panonia and
Slovenia which also explains names such as Slovenia and Slavonia.   
Panonia is a plain and as such was more harder to defend comparing to
mountain regions such as Illyria (ancient province of Dalmatia ), Makedonia
and Trakia which also had a lot more people living in them comparing to
Panonia which was under frequent Barbarian attacks from nations that
either lived in that vicinity or were passing trough. Illyrians were forcefully
and or gradually slavonized (also  Macedonia and Trakia ).  Areas like
Montenegro, Macedonia and Bulgaria have a strong Hellenic linguistic and
even bigger cultural impact.

Slavs have been known to culturally assimilate captives (even in more
modern times Russians have assimilated much of Siberian population).
During the times of weak Byzantine presence in Balkans Slavs have
controlled plains of Pannonia and river vallies of  much of Balkans. Thus
they become major force that would have controlled commerce and
therefore dictate what language would become the
lingua franca in
Macedonia, Thrace and Illyria.

Jos prije dolaska Slovena Ilirija je bila razorena od strane Gota, Gepida,
Huna, Avara, itd i prestavljala je lak plijen za Slovenske ratnike koji iako
su bili daleko malobrojniji od Ilirskog naroda ali su ipak bili ratnici a Ilirija
je bila oslabljena zemlja pod stranim Varvarskim macem.
Vizantija je
tada ratovala u Anatoliji za sopstveni opstanak (Persija i Arapi) i zbog
te cinjenice je ostavila ogromni dio Balkana bez zastite
.

Slovenske formacije (zajedno sa turskim Avarima) su brojale oko
100.000 svi zajedno kada su usli na Balkan ( najveca Varvarska grupacija
su prestavljali Germanski
Goti koji se procjenjuju da su bili izmedju
200.000 -  300.000 kada su usle u Balkan a bile su predhodnica drugim
varvarima i najjaci varvarski elemenat koji je broj jedan razlog za pad
Zapadnog Rimskog Carstva ).

Opste prihvacena cifra za
Rimsko Carstvo je oko 60 milijona ljudi (pola u
istocnom i pola u zapadnom dijelu).

Vizantinski Balkanski dio je imao 3-4 milijona ljudi (sami
Konstantinopolj izmedju 0.5m. do 1.0 m.). Regioni koji su ekvivalentni sa
danasnjom Grckom su imali oko 1.0m. ljudi sto ostavlja izmedju 1.5 - 2.0
miliona u Iliriji  (~ 0.7m.), Makedoniji (~ 0.5m.) , i Trakiji (~ 0.6m.).   Sa
obzirom da su Sloveni, i to svi zajedno,  na Balkanu po brojnosti nijesu
prevazilizili oko 100.000 ljudi najlogicnija pretpostavka je da nijesu uspjeli
da jace uticu na rasnu strukturu Balkana sa obzirom da su bili mnogo
malobrojniji od starosjedioca.   Po rasnoj antropologiji jasno se
primijecuje da je Slovenski rasni elemenat (zvani Novodunavski
elemenat) jedino zastupljen u  Panoniji i Sloveniji sto objasnjava imena
poput Slovenija i Slavonija.  Panonija  je ravnica i kao takva teza za
odbranit od recimo planinskih teritorijalnih zona poput Ilirije ( drevna
provincija Dalmacija ), Makedonija i Trakija koje su ujedno imale mnogo
vise stanovnistva koje je zivjelo u njima od Panonije koja je cesto bila pod
napadima raznih varvarskih naroda koji su ili zivjeli u njenoj blizini ili
prolazili kroz tu zonu.   Nakon toga Ilirija ( kao i Trakija i Makedonija ) je na
silu ili postepeno postala slovenizirana. Zone  poput Crne Gore,
Makedonije, i Bugarske imaju jak Helenski jezicki uticaj i jos veci kulturni
uticaj.

Sloveni su poznati po tome sto bi kulturno asimilovali zarobljenike (cak i u
modernom vremenu Rusi su asimilovali dobar dio Sibirske populacije).
Za vrijeme slabog Vizantinskog prisustva na Balkanu Sloveni su
kontrolisali nizije Panonije kao i rijecne kanjone dobrog dijela Balkana.
Time su postali glavna snaga koja je kontrolisala trgovinu i time diktirala
koji jezik ima da postane 'linqua franca' (
zajednicki jezik) u zonama poput
Makedonije, Trakije i Ilirije.  
<<<
(Lad.="Lappoid")
(
Turanid = Turkic)
(
Neodanub.=Slav.)
East European
types
<<<
("Cromagnon")
(Alpine)
Upper Paleolitic
types
<<<
(Armenoid)
(
Dinaric)(Noric)
Mixed
Med
iter.types
(2/3Med+1/3Alpine)
<<<
(A-Med)(Pondic)
(
Iranian)
Mediterranean
types
<<<
(Corded)(Danub.)
(
Hollstatt)(K.Nordic)
Nordic types
(De - pigmented
Mediterraneans)

Najjaci dokaz da su Dorjani, Iliri, i Dinarci prestavljaju jednu cjelinu
moze se naci  u usporedjivanju Dorjanskog plemena Sfakia iz JZ Krita
sa Crnogorcima sa kojima su veoma slicni u mnogo cemu (visina
,izgled ,nosnja ,kape ,gusle ,ratobornost ,krvne osvete ,plemena ,itd).
 
Rasna veza izmedju Crnogoraca i Sfakia je takodje pomenuta u knjigi
pod imenu ''Races of Europe' koju je napisao Coon 1939 i u kojoj se isto
pominje i rasna veza izmedju Slovena, Balta, i Germana.

The biggest proof that Dorians, Illyrians and Dinaric people are one unit
is in comparing the Dorian tribe
Sfakia in SW Crete with Montenegrins,
who are  in so many ways are similar (stature, appearance, national
custome, warlikeness, tribal order, vendettas )
. The racial relation
between Montenegrins &  Sfakia  was also mentioned in a book called
'
Races of Europe' written by Coon in 1939 where he also writes  about the
racial connection between Slavs, Balts & Germanics.
Situation in pre-slavic Illyria
Situacija u pred-slovenskoj Iliriji
C o n c l u s i o n
Z a k lj u c a k
TYPES FOUND IN BALKANS,  EUROPE AND WESTERN ASIA
PAGE INDEX
* Illyria - 'Land of the Lyra'
* Types found in Balkans,  Europe & west Asia
* Racial Distribution in Balkans and Europe
* Dorian Hellenes (Greeks) - Dorians
* Illyrians as an extension of Hellenic world
* Slavs and their composition
* Situation in pre-slavic Illyria
* C o n c l u s i o n
INDEKS STRANICE
* Ilirija - 'Zemlja Gusala'
* Tipovi na Balkanu, Evropi & zapadnoj Aziji
* Rasna Zastupljenost na Balkanu i Evropi
* Dorjanski Heleni (Grci) - Dorjani
* Iliri kao produzetak Helenskog svijeta
* Sloveni i njihova kompozicija
* Situacija u pred-slovenskoj Iliriji
* Z a k lj u c a k
ILLYRIA (BALKAN) FORUMS