@caitlinrgreen what do u say about events in 1066 when after Vikings Britain was invaded by Normans (shaved heads) were they victorious
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@Umarkarim89 Well they certainly made changes, but important to recognize that pre-Norman England had v sophisticated government for time :)3 replies 0 retweets 1 like -
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@caitlinrgreen this aryan invasion in Indian subcontinent was sort of similar to Norman invasion as it displacd indigenous people into south1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@Umarkarim89 Interesting, thnk you. In UK, good argument for population continuity w/ prehistory, whereas used to think of massive changes.4 replies 0 retweets 1 like -
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@caitlinrgreen these people can be found in South India as dravidians bt North India+Paki was occupied by Aryan hordes with locals as slaves1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@Umarkarim89 History, tbh, is full of such sad tales. Look at those Islamic dirhams in Viking-age Europe---there because up to 1,000,000 >1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
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@Umarkarim89 >slaves sold by Vikings to Central Asian merchants, & telling that the word for native Britons (Welsh) in Anglo-Saxon=slave...2 replies 0 retweets 1 like -
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@caitlinrgreen oh God thats revealing so it means practically there were British slaves in the central asian lands ruled by Samanid rulers?1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
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@Umarkarim89 Oh, v likely: clear evidence of Vikings taking slaves from Britain/Ireland. However, majority prob slavic ppl, e.g. from Poland2 replies 0 retweets 1 like -
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@Umarkarim89 Here's Ibn Fadlan in 922 on Viking slavers arriving to trade, & al-Jahiz in mid-9thC on slavic slaves:pic.twitter.com/809OuQPpuq
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@Umarkarim89 Both via 'Dirhams for Slaves', very interesting paper given at All Souls, Oxford:https://www.academia.edu/1764468/Dirhams_for_slaves._Investigating_the_Slavic_slave_trade_in_the_tenth_century …
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