Hamites
OUTDATED GROUPING OF HUMAN BEINGS
Hamitic languages; Hamite; Hamitic Myth; Hamitic myth; Hamitic hypothesis; Hamites (people); Hamitic races; Hamitic race; Chamitic; Anti-Hamitism; Antihamitism; Hamitic peoples; Hamitics; Hamitic people; Hamitic; Hemitic; Hamitic language; Anti-hamitism
Hamites is the name formerly used for some Northern and Horn of Africa peoples in the context of a now-outdated model of dividing humanity into different races which was developed originally by Europeans in support of colonialism and slavery.For the model of dividing humanity into races, see For the Hamitic theory, see Also specifically for the Hamitic theory: The term was originally borrowed from the Book of Genesis, where it is used for the descendants of Ham, son of Noah.