A note on the evidence for African migrants in Bronze Age–Medieval Britain — new post :) http://www.caitlingreen.org/2016/05/a-note-on-evidence-for-african-migrants.html …pic.twitter.com/lnldjbZaKI
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A final bit from Sa'id al-Maghribi in the 13thC, describing the transport of tin from England to Alexandria...pic.twitter.com/5HnKFQa2WL
Same route since the [Late?] Bronze Age
Def one of routes, though in Late Bronze Age/Iron Age etc Straits of Gibraltar almost certainly a route too :)
Harun ibn Yahya, a late 9th-century traveller, on Britain; account preserved by Ibn Rustah: http://www.caitlingreen.org/2016/04/heptarchy-harun-ibn-yahya.html …pic.twitter.com/Ig41PQ25uX
The city he mentions in Britain is presumably London, on which see the following :) https://twitter.com/caitlinrgreen/status/722715651899568128 …
loved the whole thread. Fascinating!
Thanks! :)
Edward 3 (?) Pre 14C plague commerce +"high age" lot going on before 1365
And no dentists to be seen..lol!
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