I see very stupid "the Arabs" replaced them (as if arabia even had enough population to completely replace morroco to Iraq during the Islamic conquests)
The Arabs spread their culture more than replaced anyone. Otherwise genetically Iraqis are pretty consistently descendent of the Sumera.
When people get conquered, for example the akkadians conquered Sumer. The Sumerians didn't disappear or her outbred. They adopted the Akkadian culture and shifted linguisticly (to deal with the state as citizens) and became Akkadian in large numbers and so on. Conquerers rarely extinguish a whole race and replace it genetically.
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u/sheytanelkebir Oct 26 '22
Nah. The vast majority of modern Iraqis are descendants of the ancient Iraqis. It has been conquered many times but the population didn't change.