Who Are the Hamites?
Beginning in the 19Th Century, Scholars Generally Classified the Hamitic Race as a Subgroup of the Caucasian Race Caucasian Race the Caucasian Race Was...
Beginning in the 19th century, scholars generally classified the Hamitic race as a subgroup of the
What is Hamitic theory?
The Hamitic hypothesis states that everything of value ever found in Africa was brought there by the Hamites, allegedly a branch of the Caucasian race. This hypothesis was preceded by an earlier theory, in the 16th century, that the Hamites were black savages, 'natural slaves' - and Negroes.
Who created the Hamitic hypothesis?
The historiographical evolution of the [End Page 294] "Hamitic hypothesis" was traced by Edith Saunders in a study published in 1969, whose general framework (if not all of its details) remains persuasive.