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minus-squareFishroot [none/use name]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20·1 year ago Barbarian Khan yes the culture that happens to adapt/improve/recruit tech, culture and people from all over the place is the ‘‘barbarian’’
minus-squaremotherfucker [they/them, she/her]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·1 year agoThat’s the historical root of the term, but “barbaric” and “barbarian” also have long histories as diminutive due to colonialism.
minus-squareSpikesOtherDog@ani.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 year agoI had thought it was specifically Greeks dunking on Syrian/Arabian because their language sounded like they were just saying, “Bar bar bar.” Reading up a little more, it sounds more like it was their description of anyone who is not Greek.
yes the culture that happens to adapt/improve/recruit tech, culture and people from all over the place is the ‘‘barbarian’’
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That’s the historical root of the term, but “barbaric” and “barbarian” also have long histories as diminutive due to colonialism.
I had thought it was specifically Greeks dunking on Syrian/Arabian because their language sounded like they were just saying, “Bar bar bar.”
Reading up a little more, it sounds more like it was their description of anyone who is not Greek.
North west of the empire.