Define the term barbarian as it was originally used in the ancient world
A) The Greeks first used this term to describe those foreigners that they could not understand, but seemed to be saying "bar bar" when speaking.
B) A group of people that are able to quickly adapt to the new environment in which they arrive despite speaking a foreign tongue
C) A group of people migrating into a territory where they do not speak the native tongue
D) A life based upon farming, warfare, and tribal organization
E) The word came from the Greek "barbaros," which originally meant "Non-Greek."
E
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