White Aethiopians

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Did ethiopians used to be white? Both pliny the elder (famous roman historian) and ibn hawqal say that there were fair skinned people living in the region of aksum/ethiopia. if this is true, what did happen to those white boys?

White Aethiopians (Λευκαιθίοπες ; Leucæthiopes) is a term found in ancient Roman literature, which may have referred to various light-complexioned populations inhabiting the Aethiopia region of antiquity.[1] The exonym is used by Pliny the Elder, and is also mentioned by Pomponius Mela, Ptolemy and Orosius. These authorities do not, however, agree on the geographical location of the White Aethiopians.

Medieval geographers, including Ibn Hawqal and Leo Africanus, similarly noted the existence of various "white" or "olive" groups and individuals in territories and kingdoms south of the Sahara. However, the fate of these inhabitants is uncertain.
 
Did ethiopians used to be white? Both pliny the elder (famous roman historian) and ibn hawqal say that there were fair skinned people living in the region of aksum/ethiopia. if this is true, what did happen to those white boys?

White Aethiopians (Λευκαιθίοπες ; Leucæthiopes) is a term found in ancient Roman literature, which may have referred to various light-complexioned populations inhabiting the Aethiopia region of antiquity.[1] The exonym is used by Pliny the Elder, and is also mentioned by Pomponius Mela, Ptolemy and Orosius. These authorities do not, however, agree on the geographical location of the White Aethiopians.

Medieval geographers, including Ibn Hawqal and Leo Africanus, similarly noted the existence of various "white" or "olive" groups and individuals in territories and kingdoms south of the Sahara. However, the fate of these inhabitants is uncertain.
Probably some Berbers, the Semitic from Yemenis who brought Semitic languages to Ethiopia or just some light skinned black groups like some Nubian or Tigray(in comparison with darskined Darfurians or Nuba)
 

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