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Slave trade profitability depended on religious boundaries: Muslims and Christians could not enslave fellow believers, while pagan Vikings could supply enslaved pagans to both Byzantines and Arabs.
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Jiang rejects the simple kidnapping model of the Atlantic slave trade and says Europeans set up African trading centers while African groups sold war captives into slavery.
Slave trade profitability depended on religious boundaries: Muslims and Christians could not enslave fellow believers, while pagan Vikings could supply enslaved pagans to both Byzantines and Arabs.
"Now, there is a misconception in history that the Europeans went to Africa, kidnapped these slaves, and then transported them to the New World,..."
"...that, are there any questions about the Vikings? Yes. Okay. The slave trade, right? Okay. So the slave trade, it is just an integral,..."
"...both the Byzantines and the Arabs. Okay? And look, look, the slave trade, it has been an integral part of human reaction, human trade..."
"...what is property? Okay? How do people make money? Through the slave trade basically. He will show you the long coffin called a ship..."
"...Florence, Venice, and Genoa. Venice and Genoa are known for their slave trade. So they're trading slaves with the Muslim world. And through this..."
"...located to benefit from this trade, okay? And this trade, mainly slave trade, actually, so Genoa and Venice will engage mainly in slave trade...."
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