What Are the Characteristics of Nomads That the Early Historians

question 54

Essay

What are the characteristics of nomads that the early historians Herodotus and Sima Qian claimed made them "barbaric"?  What do these historians' decisions about what is "barbaric" tell us about how they saw themselves?

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Definitions:

Nonconscious Information

Information that influences thoughts, feelings, or behaviors without entering conscious awareness.

Direct Inner Awareness

Knowledge of one’s own thoughts, feelings, and memories without the use of sensory organs.

Retinal Disparity

A binocular cue for depth based on the difference in the image cast by an object on the retinas of the eyes as the object moves closer or farther away.

Countertransference

A situation where a therapist projects their own unresolved feelings onto a patient, affecting the therapy process.