1. The Development of Race
To the Europeans, "These foreign peoples embodied an innocent nobility which they deemed lacking within their over civilized culture"[ CITATION Sco99 l 1033 ] Many of the stories spoke of monsters and marvels, such as those written by Pliny the Elder. ... Novels such as Travels of Sir Mande and Marco Polo's travels also described monsters, "men with horns", and "men who cannot speak only cry". ... As we know, these groups of people tend to have a darker complexion and so the association with monsters and deformities became synonymous with dark skin. ... Their...
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