These slaves were sold to Muslims by VIKINGS, who would raid Eastern European lands and merchants from the city-states of Italy ๐ฎ๐น (Piso, Venice).
The Silk Roads by the incomparable @peterfrankopan
Slavery was a multi-billion dollar industry.
"Slaves were often sent as gifts to Muslim rulers. An embassy from Tuscany brought the Abbasid Caliph (...) 20 beautiful slavic girls."
"Slaves were often sent as gifts to Muslim rulers. An embassy from Tuscany brought the Abbasid Caliph (...) 20 beautiful slavic girls."
The city states of Italy emerged because of selling slaves to the South.
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