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European tribes
Posted: Mon Jun 17, 2024 4:03 pm
by Hugo
Was watching the football down the pub yesterday and was taking to a very interesting Belarusian who was there with a Ukrainian pal.
Just triggered a thought in me, exactly how many "tribes" are there in Europe? Not necessarily nations or ethnicities but people of some sizeable number who have their own identity and culture. It will take some time but I wouldn't mind having a stab at listing them.
Re: European tribes
Posted: Mon Jun 17, 2024 4:44 pm
by bok_viking
Hugo wrote: Mon Jun 17, 2024 4:03 pm
Was watching the football down the pub yesterday and was taking to a very interesting Belarusian who was there with a Ukrainian pal.
Just triggered a thought in me, exactly how many "tribes" are there in Europe? Not necessarily nations or ethnicities but people of some sizeable number who have their own identity and culture. It will take some time but I wouldn't mind having a stab at listing them.
I think research a while back showed that there are like 150 or 160 distinct cultural groups in Europe.
Re: European tribes
Posted: Mon Jun 17, 2024 4:47 pm
by laurent
Hugo wrote: Mon Jun 17, 2024 4:03 pm
Was watching the football down the pub yesterday and was taking to a very interesting Belarusian who was there with a Ukrainian pal.
Just triggered a thought in me, exactly how many "tribes" are there in Europe? Not necessarily nations or ethnicities but people of some sizeable number who have their own identity and culture. It will take some time but I wouldn't mind having a stab at listing them.
Probably too many to list
here is a list of Gallic / Basques tribes
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liste_des ... _aquitains
Re: European tribes
Posted: Tue Jun 18, 2024 5:48 am
by ASMO
Too loose a definition, you could argue for 10's of 1000's of tribes using that. Common ancestry maybe,
common beliefs, single figurehead or "chief"...its a tough one really
Re: European tribes
Posted: Tue Jun 18, 2024 2:14 pm
by Hugo
ASMO wrote: Tue Jun 18, 2024 5:48 am
Too loose a definition, you could argue for 10's of 1000's of tribes using that. Common ancestry maybe,
common beliefs, single figurehead or "chief"...its a tough one really
Fair shout. Maybe a common, distinct language or a viable claim to nationhood?
I'm going to have to start with nation states and then go from there.
Re: European tribes
Posted: Tue Jun 18, 2024 2:29 pm
by tabascoboy
Hugo wrote: Tue Jun 18, 2024 2:14 pm
ASMO wrote: Tue Jun 18, 2024 5:48 am
Too loose a definition, you could argue for 10's of 1000's of tribes using that. Common ancestry maybe,
common beliefs, single figurehead or "chief"...its a tough one really
Fair shout. Maybe a common, distinct language or a viable claim to nationhood?
I'm going to have to start with nation states and then go from there.
Though that means leaving out people like the Sami who have a distinct language and culture but no nation state...