Barbarian | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 2019-10-04

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00:01:23 1 Etymology
00:05:20 1.1 Semantics
00:06:53 2 In classical Greco-Roman contexts
00:07:04 2.1 Historical developments
00:09:51 2.2 Hellenic stereotypes
00:13:21 2.3 The Dying Galatian statue
00:14:39 2.4 Utter barbarism, civilisation, and the noble savage
00:16:43 3 In international historical contexts
00:17:18 3.1 Middle East and North Africa
00:18:31 3.2 South Asia
00:19:09 3.3 East Asia
00:19:18 3.3.1 China
00:20:33 3.3.1.1 History and terminology
00:25:24 3.3.1.2 Idealization
00:28:38 3.3.1.3 Pejorative Chinese characters
00:30:16 3.3.1.4 Cultural and racial barbarianism
00:39:59 3.3.1.5 Modern reinterpretations
00:49:11 3.3.1.6 Barbarian puppet drinking game
00:49:51 3.3.2 Japan
00:50:18 3.4 Pre-Colombian Americas
00:51:13 3.5 Barbarian mercenaries
00:52:20 4 Early Modern period
00:53:22 5 Marxist use of "Barbarism"
00:56:24 6 Modern popular culture



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A barbarian is a human who is perceived to be either uncivilized or primitive. The designation is usually applied as generalization based on a popular stereotype; barbarians can be any member of a nation judged by some to be less civilized or orderly (such as a tribal society), but may also be part of a certain "primitive" cultural group (such as nomads) or social class (such as bandits) both within and outside one's own nation. Alternatively, they may instead be admired and romanticised as noble savages. In idiomatic or figurative usage, a "barbarian" may also be an individual reference to a brutal, cruel, warlike, and insensitive person.The term originates from the Greek: βάρβαρος (barbaros pl. βάρβαροι barbaroi). In Ancient Greece, the Greeks used the term towards those who did not speak Greek and follow classical Greek customs. In Ancient Rome, the Romans used the term towards tribal non-Romans such as the Germanics, Celts, Gauls, Iberians, Thracians, Illyrians, Berbers, Parthians, and Sarmatians. In the early modern period and sometimes later, the Byzantine Greeks used it for the Turks, in a clearly pejorative manner.