An ?11thC account of Vikings bringing "a great host" of slaves from N. Africa to 9thC Ireland: http://www.ucc.ie/celt/published/T100017/ …pic.twitter.com/GgMYBhqMJS
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@Umarkarim89 >too many gaps---though this is part of what makes period interesting!
@caitlinrgreen well its quite interesting as N Africa is composed of both Arabs and berbers so were they arabs or berbers very interesting
@Umarkarim89 I would guess latter on basis of names used for them in annal??
@caitlinrgreen and by using the technique of gene tracing one can even trace the last living individual or dead ones of a peculiar group
@Umarkarim89 well, might be an interesting project for Ireland, lol! There is a theory that memory of the N Africans taken to Ireland as >
@Umarkarim89 > slaves survived in folklore: http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_men_of_the_Minch … ... Notion is to be treated w/ due scepticism though!
@caitlinrgreen haha interesting indeed :)Anyways its about 3 here & i better sleep. So enjoy your new year night and i will search abt it:)
@Umarkarim89 lol, no problem :) And I'll try, I hope yours was good.
@caitlinrgreen in Islamabad or Lahore there would have been festivity but everything is always ruined by aerial firing by some maniacs
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