7th-10thC Persian beads found in the central Kalahari Desert, southern Africa; KC4183 & KC4093 are prob Sasanian: https://www.academia.edu/13186082/The_Glass_Beads_of_Kaitshaa …pic.twitter.com/yxJhxYjejO
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Easier to see as part of possibly direct maritime contacts/trade from 5thC onwards?
Gregory pts to 'Syrian' traders in Orleans, Marseilles. Who they? Rebel Gundovald clearly a Byz agent with loads of cash, Kings Childebert&
Ken Dark had a useful essay on them: 'Early Byzantine Mercantile Communities in the West':https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=_IImDQAAQBAJ&pg=PA10&lpg=PA10#v=onepage&q&f=false …
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