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Ibn Fadlan's funeral description must be used skeptically because he lacked the language and cultural worldview, wrote after the fact, and interpreted the ritual through a Muslim observer's frame.
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Ibn Fadlan's funeral description must be used skeptically because he lacked the language and cultural worldview, wrote after the fact, and interpreted the ritual through a Muslim observer's frame.
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Jiang cautions that Greek and Roman charges about Carthaginian child sacrifice are enemy testimony, though he also cites archaeological remains as supporting evidence for human sacrifice.
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"And this happened in the Viking Rus. So this is diplomat and traveler by the name of Ahmad ibn Badlan. And he is from..."
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"What this tells us is first of all this man even though he was high status he didn't have that much wealth. And second..."
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"The third thing is he is writing this down after the fact. And if you do that what often happens is that you will..."
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"the conflict started in about 300 BCE, the Romans and the Greeks had nice things to say about the Carthaginians. Okay? They were good..."
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"same time, we've done a lot of archaeological excavations around Carthage and we have found human remains that show signs of human sacrifice. Okay?..."
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