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origins of slavery
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The Hidden Origins: When Did Slavery Begin and How It Shaped Civilizations
Yet the Sumerian model was just the first domino. By 3000 BCE, Egyptian pharaohs were enslaving Nubian prisoners to quarry granite for pyramids, while the Code...
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The Hidden Origins of Slavery: When Did Slavery Originate—and How Did It Shape Civilization?
What followed was a global phenomenon, one that defies simple chronology. The question of when did slavery originate is not a single event but a series of...
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How the Transatlantic Slave Trade Began: When Did It Start & Why It Shaped History
The question when did the transatlantic slave trade start isn’t answered by a single date but by a convergence of factors: the decline of serfdom in Europe...