Gobineau believed the white race had originated somewhere in Siberia, the Asians in the Americas and the blacks in Africa.[59] He thought the numerical superiority of the Asians had forced the whites to make a vast migration that led them into Europe, the Middle East and the Indian subcontinent; both the Bible and Hindu legends about the conquering Aryan heroes reflected folk memories of this migration.[61] In turn, the whites had broken into three sub-races, namely the Hamitic, Semitic and Japhetic peoples.