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The Greeks called the non-Greeks barbarians. They thought they were better then them.
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Alexander thought Greece was the best, so he conquered a lot of land. This caused great suffering for the people he conquered.
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Throughout history we see how women were treated like less then. This is because men thought they were better than them.
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Slavery has been around for a long time. It is always people thinking that they are superior to other people.
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During the feudal system the kings thought they were better then the people under them. This caused some of them to be cruel.
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The priests/popes had a lot of power. With this power they gained a heightened ego, and the belief that they were better then. This caused there to be corruption in the Church.
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The people of the Renaissance though that they were better then the people of The Dark Ages.
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Christopher Columbus discovered America that had Native Americans on it. Christopher Columbus thought he was better than them. This caused a lot of harm.
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The Christians thought they were better than other groups. They forced the native Americans to convert to Christianity.
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This was a very uneasy time for religion. Both the Catholic and the Protestants thought they were better then each other.