Re 1mil: if usual figures right about # of dirhams to N. Europe in 10thC, then Jankowiak's calculation implies c.1,000,000 slaves 'exported'
@stevegreen39 m not sure it would, seems too small-scale a word. This is human beings as a trade good, in vast numbers, and trafficking >
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@stevegreen39 > seems too small scale a word for the apparent extent of this and its massive effects on this part of medieval Europe :-(Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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