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Hamites
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thumb|right|German 1932 ethnographic map portraying Hamites (in German: "Hamiten") as a subdivision of the Caucasian race ("Kaukasische Rasse"). (Meyers Blitz-Lexikon). thumb|Geographic identifications of Flavius Josephus, c. 100 AD; [[Japheth's sons shown in red, Ham's sons in blue, Shem's sons in green.]]
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11 sectionsContents
- History of the concept
- The "Curse of Ham"
- Constructing the "Hamitic race"
- Development of the Hamitic hypothesis
- Subdivisions and physical traits
- "Hamiticised Negroes"
- African-American reception
- See also
- References
- Bibliography
- External links
thumb|right|German 1932 ethnographic map portraying Hamites (in German: "Hamiten") as a subdivision of the Caucasian race ("Kaukasische Rasse"). (Meyers Blitz-Lexikon). thumb|Geographic identifications of Flavius Josephus, c. 100 AD; [[Japheth's sons shown in red, Ham's sons in blue, Shem's sons in green.]]
Hamites is the name formerly used for some Northern and Horn of Africa peoples in the context of a now-outdated model of dividing humanity into different races; this was developed originally by Europeans in support of colonialism and slavery. The term was originally borrowed from the Book of Genesis, in which it refers to the descendants of Ham, son of Noah.