oh man the ancient world had SO MUCH more long-distance trade than the West is prepared to to think about we forget that the Dark Ages were exactly that. Europe's end of the global trade networks shut down, & to this day we still think of that shut-down state as "normal."https://twitter.com/IOnceAteALeaf/status/1031209548147843072 …
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I have to admit to be *extremely* sceptical (like most 'early medievalists', I think) of the "Dark Ages", and sceptical too of any idea that long-distance trade networks in Europe shut down completely after, say, the 5thC... :-/
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There's plenty of archaeological and textual evidence for long-distance links in the 5th–7thC, for example https://twitter.com/caitlinrgreen/status/844281770241675265 … >
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Even at the the westernmost end of Eurasia, there's plenty of Red Sea/Indian Ocean imports e.g. http://www.caitlingreen.org/2018/07/indo-pacific-beads-europe.html … &https://twitter.com/caitlinrgreen/status/1021472897800593411 …
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Dr Caitlin Green @caitlinrgreenBy way of context for the presence of Indo-Pacific beads in 5th- to 7th-century Europe, here's the distribution of other possible Red Sea/Indian Ocean imports in 5th–7thC England (garnet=diamonds, cowries=dots, ivory rings=squares, and amethyst=stars): http://www.caitlingreen.org/2018/07/indo-pacific-beads-europe.html … pic.twitter.com/LqebiULUEtShow this thread1 reply 3 retweets 19 likes -
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Furthermore, pepper from India continued to be available in NW Europe in the 7th/8th centuries e.g. Chlothar III granted annual rent of 30 pounds of pepper to Corbie monastery (N. France) in mid-7thC, renewed in 8thC, & Bede's personal possessions incl pepper when he died in 735.pic.twitter.com/O5hNdI1p86
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Indeed, one estimate puts pepper imports to 7th/8thC Merovingian Gaul at 3,000 lbs p.a. and document concerning Corbie in N. France (reconfirmed by Chilperic II in 716) also mentions an annual quantity of 2 pounds of cloves to this monastery alone, only grown in Indonesia...
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Looking into the 9th/10thC, there are literally hundreds of thousands of Central Asian (primarily) dirhams imported into eastern and northern Europe:https://twitter.com/caitlinrgreen/status/924196718719258624 …
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Dr Caitlin Green @caitlinrgreenReplying to @caitlinrgreen'Slaves for Dirhams'—v interesting paper from 2012 on dirham hoards & the slave trade in Europe by Marek Jankowiak: https://www.academia.edu/1764468/Dirhams_for_slaves._Investigating_the_Slavic_slave_trade_in_the_tenth_century … pic.twitter.com/cLFDe34lRO1 reply 1 retweet 16 likes
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These same trade networks also brought some Indian silver coins into these areas and items such as the Helgo Buddha, as well as silks etc:https://twitter.com/caitlinrgreen/status/548953257046196224 …
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Anyway, these are just some examples :) Quite right to think of extent of trading networks in Antiquity, but we need not to underestimate early medieval and later ones too, which weren't just limited to a few high-status jewels etc :)
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I have never used this word on Twitter before, but I say it to you RE: refuting the "Dark Ages": slay.
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