I was fascinated by this. Why do you think they were here?
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traders? Slaves? Immigrants? Same reasons people still move today ...
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Exactly! Incidentally, worth noting that at Roman York, higher-status cem had more ppl of African descent...!
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was stuffed full of foreigners,north Africans etc.China is a long way and beyond civilization
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Dr Caitlin Green Retweeted Dr Caitlin Green
Another poss route is via Ptolemy's Cattigara in Vietnam(?): he mentions a Greek there +https://twitter.com/caitlinrgreen/status/778958558561959936 …
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& since you're not memorising our exchanges (!?!?), pointed out to CG that porcelain started in Vietnam -> China
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Yes! :) Wasn't aware of this until you said, but def adds to the possibilities! :)
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you weren't aware I was memorizing?
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Lol! No, I wasn't aware of Vietnamese origins of porcelain until @DorothyKing told me of it! :)
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