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Understanding Race Through the Lens of Exploration and Intermarriage

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This text examines the complexities of race within populations, highlighting that differences can exist within a single population as much as between them. It discusses the historical context of the Age of Exploration, where intermarriage between native populations and Europeans during the 15th to 17th centuries suggests that rigid concepts of race were not well established at that time. By exploring various regions, including France, Egypt, and the Czech Republic, it illustrates the gradual nature of physical differences and challenges traditional notions of racial identity.

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Understanding Race Through the Lens of Exploration and Intermarriage

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  1. Raceand the Age of Exploration

  2. Both are French. Both are Egyptian.

  3. Differences can exist within a population as much as between populations. Both are French. Same “race”? Both are Egyptian. Same “race”?

  4. Germany

  5. Czech Rep Germany

  6. Czech Rep Hungary Germany

  7. Czech Rep Hungary Serbia Germany

  8. Czech Rep Hungary Serbia Albania Germany

  9. Czech Rep Hungary Serbia Albania Greece Germany

  10. Czech Rep Hungary Serbia Albania Greece Germany When there are differences, they are gradual.

  11. Czech Rep Hungary Serbia Albania Greece Germany When there are differences, they are gradual.

  12. Spain

  13. France Spain

  14. France Italy Spain

  15. France Italy Turkey Spain

  16. France Italy Turkey Lebanon Spain

  17. France Italy Turkey Lebanon Egypt Spain

  18. France Italy Turkey Lebanon Egypt Spain In a given region, differences can be slight or nonexistent.

  19. France Italy Turkey Lebanon Egypt Spain In a given region, differences can be slight or nonexistent.

  20. Then, differences in physical characteristics were extreme rather than gradual.

  21. RACE and the Age of Exploration • However, intermarriage between natives and Europeans early in colonialism (15th-17th C) suggests that a race concept was not fully formed.

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