which people were the most savage before they came in contact with the west?

Question

A. Sub-sahara Africans (black people)

B. Australian Aboriginies (natives of Australia)

C. Native Americans (also known as American Indians)


It would have to be one of these 3...so which one do you think...I think the Native Americas would be a little less because of what the Incas and Mayas had did.

I meant to say the Mayas and Incas were less savage than the Aboriginies or Africans because they did itleast have civilization in modern day Latin America

Answer 1

I agree Sub-Saharan Africans

Answer 2

I guess it would be dependent on what your idea of savage is. The word originally meant 'woods' or 'wild'. If you take todays meaning such as violent, uncivilized, then the pilgrims were the savages. They came from countries run by a king or emporer with basically no education and no government structure other than being ruled by one person.
The Incas had a structured civilization, but were also governed by a 'king' and were a 'bloody' civilization.
Here in the U.S., the Iroquois had control of all the country from upper canada down to the tennessee river and from the atlantic to almost the mississippi. They conquered the people who were constantly warring because they wanted peace. They had a structured government with a governing council of sachems or chiefs. They were put into office by the females vote and could be removed by them. They also had a constitution which the so-called founding fathers copied....thus the words "we the people". The pilgrims never referred to themselves as the 'people'.
Like the american indians, there were african tribes that constantly warred, but there were also some that had a civilized structure also. One thing both had was songs and drums and dancing.....and freedom.
The aborigines were also a people who danced, sang and drummed and were peaceful peoples. It was the whites who came there that were the savages and uncivilized.

Answer 3

Uh, ok... if you are referring to the "whites" as the west...the American Indians WERE the west! If you can consider a round planet to have a west.

One person's concept of "civilization" does not make others less civilized. People had, and still have, different ways, beliefs, and methods of existing.

And btw...whites were the savage ones for what they did to ALL of them A-B. And in the Americans, most did not fight out of pure hate like whites, most of the time it was out of protecting resources.

Answer 4

The European invaders were the most savage of any people on the earth. They spread their culture across the world and anyone who stood in their way was eliminated, or at least subdued. The cultures you gave to choose from were all peaceful for the most part until the Europeans came...and even then tried to share with the invaders. I think you need to crack open that history book and read it....

Answer 5

# barbarous: (of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering; "a barbarous crime"; "brutal beatings"; "cruel tortures"; "Stalin's roughshod treatment of the kulaks"; "a savage slap"; "vicious kicks"
# feral: wild and menacing; "a ferocious dog"
# barbarian: without civilizing influences; "barbarian invaders"; "barbaric practices"; "a savage people"; "fighting is crude and uncivilized especially if the weapons are efficient"-Margaret Meade; "wild tribes"
# a member of an uncivilized people
# attack brutally and fiercely
# criticize harshly or violently; "The press savaged the new President"; "The critics crucified the author for plagiarizing a famous passage"
# ferocious: marked by extreme and violent energy; "a ferocious beating"; "fierce fighting"; "a furious battle"
# beast: a cruelly rapacious person

After the HELL the Euro's put US through. Rethink your TERMS. IT was THEY who had hair on thier faces like the animals.

Answer 6

How do you know who was savage? Did the American media say it? Give me some examples, b/c I'm thinking it's neither A, B, or C.

Posting questions based on racial prejudice only makes your arguments look completely stupid.

And I like how u feel like the West somehow made them less "savage".

Gimme a break

Answer 7

It should be which people were the most savage after they came in contact with the west, as it was the exposure to western people that made many of them savage.

Answer 8

None of the Above! Middle Easterners have always been the most Savage!

Answer 9

Native Americans because they warred constantly with each other. The Mayans, Incas, and Aztecs warred alot with each other also. The Mayans, Incas, and Aztecs, warred alot to gain sacrifices for their Gods and gain political and religious power. Sub-Saharan Africans warred tribally but I think the Native Americans warred more frequently. The Aborigines were very peaceful tribal people. I think they had tribal conflicts but they were like minded people and only had civil disputes.

Answer 10

"Savage" still goes on today. But, I'll have to agree with Thunderbear. He explained it the best!!