And how long have we thought of them as cave dwelling “barbarians”
Because of the Greek description of them?
http://international.ibox.bg/news/id_802616557
For barbarians, they had some pretty nice stuff
Barbarians?
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The Greeks considered any non-Greek a barbarian. Kind of like Sarah Palin and "real Americans!"
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Barbarian
Min, as you are aware, the Greek word "barbaros" translated to "foreigner" - anyone non-Greek. Only in recent times has the term taken on negative connotations, with the exception of Palin of course. 
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