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@Darkion They were more afraid of the differences in culture meaning that gestures meant different things and that actions could result in the other taking capital offense and cause degraded relations between nations of unknown strengths (or even just between them as individuals), more than anything else. Such was the case with interactions with any new culture. Even then, mostly it was an awe and interest in the new, the exotic, that was felt. In fact the entire reason that we commonly see the great Sage Balthasar as black is because way back in the day, when Europeans first started interacting with Central Africans and seeing their dark skin during the Renaissance, they started using it in artwork to represent the exotic there, as well, starting with Albrecht Dürer’s and Heironymus Bosch's paintings both called 'Adoration of the Magi'. For more information on that aspect, you can read the article here: https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2020/dec/21/christmas-cards-star-baby-jesus-myrrh-mystery-balthasar-three-kings-black-art