#Protochronism is a pejorative term referring to various #pseudohistorical, #pseudolinguistic, and pseudoarchaeological theories that claim that #Romania is the cradle of civilization, that all or many peoples are branches of Romanians, and that all or many languages are derived from Romanian, among other things. Like most pseudosciences, Protochronism does this by presenting the reader or viewer with a large quantity of half-truths, cherry-picked quotes, non sequiturs, misrepresentations of others' views, and outright falsehoods — an avalanche of arguments which the non-savvy might mistake for proofs.

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https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Protochronism#Various_peoples_are_called_.22Wallachs.22