EuSKal Herria

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EuSKal Herria
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Ancient Origins

• Archeological evidence shows basque people
  evolved from cro-magnons 40,000 years ago
• 1937 discovery of Rh factor- Basque people have
  the highest incidence of Rh negative blood of any
  people in the entire world. (common among
  cro-magnon areas)
• Basque also have the highest concentration of
  type O blood in the world (50 percent)
• 27 percent of basque people have O Rh negative
  blood.
• Rh negative blood in a pregnant woman can fatally
  poison a fetus that has posotivce blood- Rate of
  miscarriages and stillborn births among the
  basque througout history has been extremely high.
• One theory claims that they were actually the
  lost thirteenth tribe of Israel, and others have
  concluded the Basques are, in reality, the
  survivors of Atlantis

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Survival

• According to popular myth, their rugged,
  mountainous territory was unconquerable.
• Long before the Romans gave the basques a name, a
  large number of people tried to invade
  basqueland.
• Invaders were aloud to pass through on their path
  to the conquest of Iberia. But if they tried to
  settle in the northern mountains they were met by
  a fierce enemy
• Proved to be valued mercenaries throughout the
  Mediterranean.
• Pre-Roman boundaries are unknown
• Coexisted with the Romans and culture, language
  and legal traditions were preserved

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• Whaling and the discovery of America in the Bay
  Of Viscay? When explorers arrived they found
  tribes that spoke Basque
• French Revolution marked beginning of hostility
  between the Basques and Spanish. French
  controlled the Basque country, but Spain later
  won it back at the peace table
• Madrid began to become hostile to traditional
  basque rights and the Fueros

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The Basque language
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• The basque language pre-dates the Indo-European
  invasions, and is likely the oldest living
  European language. However there are no written
  records until 1545.
• Theories employ that Adam and Eve spoke Basque.
  The name Eve according to this theory comes from
  ez-bai no-yes in Basque???
• Absolutely no linguistic relative, it is an
  orphan non Indo-European language.
• Remarkable because once the Indo-Europeans began
  their Bronze Age sweep from Asia across Europe,
  virtually no group was left untouched.

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• Baina nire aitaren etxhe defendituko dut- house
  of my father
• Eskuak ebakiko dizkidate- they will cut off my
  hands
• Sarbaldik gabe- without shoulders

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Pintxos and Food
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Basque Sports
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Aizkolari Soka-Tira
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