Saharan and trans-Saharan contacts and trade in the Roman era — new post by me :) http://www.caitlingreen.org/2017/10/saharan-and-trans-saharan-contacts.html …pic.twitter.com/CqGUbrglYx
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A paper by Elizabeth Fentress on the trans-Saharan slave trade and African slaves in the Mediterranean world:https://www.academia.edu/1518787/Slavers_on_Chariots …
Number seems ridiculously high, considering pop'n to draw on, infrastructure, & early modern numbers in comparison.
Numbers those usually arrived at for medieval and early modern eras; Wilson suggests equal or greater quantity in Roman era in paper cited.
Why is slavery the topic of interest. Surely there are other interesting things that happened in Garama
Yes, lots. But there's a powerful argument to be made that their prosperity+irrigation systems depended to a significant extent on slavery.
Correct me if i'm wrong, but can't the same conclusion be made of most civilizations with slave classes - Spartan, Greek, Roman etc.
God, that’s a lot. Then transporting and feeding them along the trade routes. Unimaginable.
Wow what a film that would make!
rather intrigued by the link of #Garamantes to the #Cretan aborigins,#Minoans:
#Garamas allegedly a son of #Minos.
by #Hyginus& #Apollonius
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