Paper 80 Overview: Andite Expansion in the Occident

The European blue man did not independently achieve a great cultural civilization, but provided the biological foundation that, when blended with Adamized strains from Andite invaders, produced one of the most potent stocks for developing civilization in Urantia's history. This powerful racial mixture spread throughout Europe during millennia of migration and conquest, ultimately forming the three major white races: Nordic, Alpine, and Mediterranean. Each of these races carried different proportions of Adamic, Nodite, Andonite, and Sangik bloodlines.

The Andite expansion into Europe occurred in multiple waves over thousands of years, dramatically reshaping the populations and cultures of the continent. These migrations were affected by climate changes, geographic alterations, and the introduction of horses, which accelerated the final waves of conquest. The resulting civilizations in Europe, along the Nile, and on Mediterranean islands preserved and developed various elements of the advanced Andite culture, though they frequently experienced periods of decline due to the influx of inferior populations.

The European blue man did not independently develop a great cultural civilization, but he supplied the essential biological foundation that, when blended with the Adamized strains of later Andite invaders, created one of the most powerful stocks for advancing civilization ever to appear on Urantia since the times of the violet race. This population was remarkably effective at establishing and expanding civilization across the western world.

The modern white peoples incorporate the surviving strains of the Adamic stock which became intermixed with the Sangik races, primarily the blue race but also including some red and yellow elements. There remains a considerable percentage of the original Andonite stock in all white races, as well as an even greater presence of the early Nodite strains, contributing to their physical and mental characteristics.

Before the last Andites were driven from the Euphrates valley, many of their predecessors had already entered Europe as adventurers, teachers, traders, and warriors. During the early days of the violet race, the Mediterranean basin was protected by the Gibraltar isthmus and the Sicilian land bridge, creating inland lakes where some of mankind's earliest maritime commerce developed as blue men from the north and Saharans from the south met with Nodites and Adamites from the east.

In the eastern Mediterranean basin, the Nodites had established one of their most extensive cultures and from these centers had penetrated somewhat into southern Europe, but more significantly into northern Africa. The broad-headed Nodite-Andonite Syrians introduced pottery and agriculture to the slowly rising Nile delta, along with domesticated animals and improved metalworking techniques that spread throughout the region. For over thirty thousand years, Egypt received a continuous stream of Mesopotamians, although large numbers of Saharan peoples eventually diminished the early Nile civilization.

The early expansion of the violet race into Europe was abruptly halted by sudden climatic and geologic changes that transformed the landscape. As northern ice fields retreated, water-laden winds from the west shifted northward, gradually turning the vast open pasture regions of the Sahara into a barren desert. This environmental change dispersed the smaller-statured, dark-eyed but long-headed inhabitants of the great Sahara plateau into surrounding regions.

The purer indigo elements migrated southward to the forests of central Africa, where they have remained ever since. The more mixed groups dispersed in three directions: superior tribes moved westward to Spain and adjacent parts of Europe, forming the foundation of the later Mediterranean long-headed brunet races; the least progressive groups moved eastward across the Sahara to Arabia and beyond; while the central group moved north and east into the Nile valley and Palestine, establishing a secondary Sangik influence across a wide region.

The ancient cultural centers of the blue man were located along all the rivers of Europe, though only the Somme now flows in the same channel it followed during preglacial times. While we speak of the blue man as pervading the European continent, there were actually dozens of racial types with varying characteristics. Even thirty-five thousand years ago, European blue races were already highly blended, carrying strains of both red and yellow races, with considerable Andonite blood in the north and ongoing contact with the Saharan peoples in the south.

The European civilization of this early post-Adamic period represented a unique blend of the vigor and artistic abilities of the blue men with the creative imagination of the Adamites. The blue men possessed great physical strength and honesty but made it difficult for the Adamites to establish their religious practices due to certain moral deficiencies. Nevertheless, the Cro-Magnon peoples demonstrated impressive child-rearing practices, artistic achievements, and survival skills, creating sophisticated dwellings, tools, and artwork that reached its peak about fifteen thousand years ago before environmental changes forced significant cultural adaptations.

The Andites entered Europe in a steady stream over thousands of years, with seven major invasions occurring at different times. The final arrivals came on horseback in three significant waves that dramatically altered the cultural and genetic landscape. Some Andite groups entered Europe through the Aegean islands and up the Danube valley, but the majority of the earlier and purer strains migrated to northwestern Europe via the northern route across the grazing lands of the Volga and Don rivers.

Between the third and fourth invasions, a large group of Andonites entered Europe from the north, having traveled from Siberia via the Russian rivers and the Baltic Sea. These northerners were quickly absorbed by the expanding Andite tribes. The early expansions of the purer violet race were relatively peaceful, but their later Andite descendants became more militaristic and conquest-oriented. The introduction of horses proved to be the evolutionary advantage that enabled the domination of the Andites in the West, allowing for rapid movement and coherent military campaigns across vast territories.

The tribes of northern Europe experienced continuous reinforcement and improvement through the steady migration of peoples from Mesopotamia through the Turkestan-south Russian regions. By the time the last waves of Andite cavalry swept across Europe, there were more people with Andite inheritance in this northern region than in all other parts of the world combined. For three thousand years, the military headquarters of these northern Andites was established in Denmark, serving as the central point from which successive conquest waves emerged.

As the blue man was absorbed in northern Europe, the advancing white tribes encountered stubborn resistance from the Cro-Magnons in the south, particularly in the Somme valley where they successfully defended their territories for over five hundred years. Eventually, superior intelligence and increasing biological reserves enabled the white invaders to overcome the older race through a combination of military strategy, commercial penetration, population pressure along river routes, intermarriage with superior elements, and the systematic elimination of those deemed inferior through ceremonial drowning rituals directed by tribal elders and shaman priests.

When the terminal Andite migrations concluded, cultural development in the Euphrates valley declined significantly, and the center of civilization shifted to the Nile Valley. Egypt became the successor to Mesopotamia as the headquarters of the most advanced human society on earth, benefiting from continued migration of skilled peoples. The Nile region began experiencing floods slightly before Mesopotamia but managed these challenges more effectively, allowing cultural development to continue.

Around 5000 B.C., during the flood period in Mesopotamia, seven distinct human groups had established themselves in Egypt, with all but one originating from Mesopotamia. When the final exodus from the Euphrates valley occurred, Egypt gained many highly skilled artists and artisans who found the sheltered Nile valley environment ideal for their work. These Andite craftsmen enhanced Egyptian metalworking skills, working with iron from Mount Sinai rather than the Black Sea regions, and contributed to the construction of magnificent stone structures including the first and most exquisite stone pyramid, built under the direction of Imhotep, an Andite architectural genius.

While culture declined in Mesopotamia, a superior civilization persisted on the islands of the eastern Mediterranean for an extended period. Around 12,000 B.C., a brilliant tribe of Andites migrated to Crete, becoming the only island settled so early by such an advanced group. Almost two thousand years passed before their descendants spread to neighboring islands. These Cretan settlers were narrow-headed, smaller-statured Andites who had intermarried with the Vanite division of northern Nodites and had been driven from the mainland by their larger, less advanced competitors.

Nearly two millennia after Crete's settlement, a group of tall descendants of Adamson traveled from their highland home north of Mesopotamia to Greece. The group that settled in Greece consisted of 375 selected, superior individuals representing the final remnants of the second civilization of the Adamsonites. These descendants of Adamson carried the most valuable genetic strains of the emerging white races and were intellectually and physically exceptional. Their cultural impact was profound, leading Greeks to develop mythological traditions claiming direct descent from gods and superhuman beings.

The Andite peoples from the Euphrates valley migrated northward to Europe to blend with the blue races, and westward to mix with the remnants of the commingled Saharans and southern blue men in Mediterranean regions. These two branches of the white race became separated by the broad-headed mountain-dwelling survivors of earlier Andonite tribes that had long inhabited central Europe. These Andonite descendants spread throughout most mountainous regions of central and southeastern Europe, frequently reinforced by new arrivals from Asia Minor.

The ancient Hittites descended directly from the Andonite stock, recognizable by their pale skin and broad heads. This racial influence appears in Abraham's ancestry and contributed significantly to the facial characteristics of later Jewish descendants, who, despite having a culture and religion derived from the Andites, spoke a distinctly Andonite language. The tribes living in pile houses over lakes in Italy, Switzerland, and southern Europe represented the expanding edges of African, Aegean, and especially Danubian migrations, with the Danubians being Andonites who entered Europe through the Balkan peninsula and moved slowly northward along the Danube valley.

As the Andite migrations into Europe concluded, the resulting racial blends became categorized as three generalized white races. The northern white race, or Nordic race, primarily consisted of the blue man plus Andite bloodlines, but also contained significant Andonite heritage along with smaller amounts of red and yellow Sangik genetics. The typical early Nordic was long-headed, tall, and blond, although this race eventually became thoroughly mixed with all branches of white peoples as cultures met and mingled.

The central white race included strains of blue, yellow, and Andite but was predominantly Andonite. These broad-headed, swarthy, and stocky people formed a wedge between the Nordic and Mediterranean races, with their base in Asia and apex reaching into eastern France. The southern white race was a brunet Mediterranean blend of Andite and blue man, with a smaller Andonite component and secondary Sangik blood from the Saharans. This highly mixed race inhabited the Mediterranean coastlands and was later infused with strong Andite elements from the eastern Mediterranean during the period of nomadic invasions around 2500 B.C.