Examples of similar iconography from other ancient cultures, in particular the Neo-Assyrian Empire, are compared to suggest that a preference for motifs celebrating the acquisition of slaves through warfare is a general characteristic of the commemorative art of ancient imperial cultures....
The demand for slaves in Rome had also grown during this period. As more and more men were now needed for the army in order to extend and maintain theRoman Empire, there were fewer men available to work the fields. Slave traders would follow the Roman army abroad on their campaigns. Afte...
This chapter examines the issues of enslavement, slavery, and pathways to freedom in the nineteenth-century West African states established through revolutionary jihad in what is now mostly contemporary Mali and northern Nigeria. The jihads were primarily anti-slavery movements. Yet, the leaders of th...
Dalton’s chapter in this volume, “Rabbis, Money, and Jewish Solidarity in the Roman Empire,” offers a concise and illuminating discussion of this debate. See also Cartledge, “The Economy (Economies) of Ancient Greece.” More recently a consensus seems to have emerged around the peace-makin...
The world that we live in today has been significantly shaped by the unpaid labor of these Africans and their African-American descendants. This unique book examines the history of slavery and its role in the making of the modern world. Like the institution of slavery itself, the book ...
长期的、反复的、绵延不断的奴隶、隶农起义和外族入侵, 推翻了西罗马的奴隶制统治,从此,西欧各族开始了封建社会阶 Stands for the king, west Roman Empire perishes. Long-term, repeatedly, is continuous the unceasing slave, the serf revolt and other families invasion, has overthrown west Rome's slavery...
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CHAPTER 27 Slavery in Islamic West Africa Jennifer Lofkrantz Introduction The time of revolutions in West Africa refers to a series of reform move- ments, also known as the West African jihads, which swept across the western and central Sudan region from the late seventeenth century to the mid...
Slavery Abstract For almost a century and a half during the colonial period — 1680–1810 — the Colombian Chocó became an important source of gold in the Spanish empire. But guarded by towering mountains and dense tropical rain forests, the Chocó is an area of heat, humidity, jungle, ...