Barbarian
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A barbarian is, etymologically, a foreigner, specifically someone whose language and customs differ from those of the speaker. In ancient Greece, the term designated non-Greeks, while in the Roman wor
19th-century portrayal of the Huns as barbarians
A preconnesian marble depiction of a barbarian. Second century AD.
"Germanic warriors" as depicted in Philipp Clüver's Germania Antiqua (1616)
Slaves in chains, relief found in Smyrna (present day İzmir, Turkey), 200 AD
Berbers
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Berbers, also known as Amazighs or Imazighen, are an ethnic group indigenous to North Africa. They are primarily connected by their use of Berber languages, which are part of the Afroasiatic language
Barbarian
…well, under the form بربر (barbar), and used as an exonym by the Arab invaders to refer to the indigenous peoples of North Africa, known in English as Amazigh or Berbers, with the latter thereby being a cognate of the word "barbarian". The ancient Greek name βάρβαρος (bárbaros) 'barbarian' was an antonym for…
Hoggar painting, Tassili n'Ajjer
An Egyptian statuette representing a Libyan Libu Berber from the reign of Rameses II (19th Dynasty) in 1279–1213 BC. (Louvre Museum, Paris)
Ancient Libyan delegation at Persepolis.
Masinissa (c. 240 – c. 148), King of Numidia, Berber and Roman script