Continuation of thread >>539417369During the middle ages Slavic people and eventually followed for the land of the franks i.e French and Germanic people of Europe were slave traded by Jewish merchants and vikings.You can read all about that in this chathttps://filebin.net/8r9mymk10xm5tc2m
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natural blondes from Northern and Eastern Europe were frequently enslaved and exploitedas sex slaves and concubines in ancient and medieval times. Their light hair and fair featureswere highly commodified across multiple empires.Specific historical examples include:>>Ancient Rome: Captured Germanic and Celtic women were frequently forced into brothels. Because light hair was viewed as an exotic signifier of foreign slaves and prostitutes, Roman law and social norms required women engaged in sex work to dyetheir hair blonde or wear wigs made from the captives' hair.>>The Arab World (The Saqaliba): During the Middle Ages, the Islamic slave trade acquired large numbers of white European slaves (known as Saqaliba) from Central and Eastern Europe. These women were highly prized by buyers in the Middle East and al-Andalus, and were regularly purchased as concubines or domestic attendants.>>The Ottoman Empire: White female slaves from regions like Circassia (the Caucasus) were highly sought after by wealthy men to serve as concubines in royal harems.You can read more about the commodification of these women on Wikipedia's White Slaverypage or via Short History's article on the Saqaliba.
The term Saqaliba comes directlyfrom the Byzantine Greek word Sklavenoi (Σκλαβηνοί), which specifically means Slavs.However, in medieval Arabic texts, the term underwent a major linguistic shift. While it began as a strict ethnic label for Slavs, it eventually became a broad, catch-all term for any fair-skinned European slave, regardless of their actual ethnicity.The historical context of how this term was used includes:>>Etymology vs. ApplicationOriginally, Arab traders applied the term to the Slavic populations they encountered throughEastern European and Volga trade routes. Over time, medieval Arab geographers andhistorians began using Saqaliba to describe a physical archetype - specifically, people with paleskin and light or red hair - to contrast them with darker-skinned groups.>>Inclusion of Non-Slavic EuropeansIn regions like medieval Islamic Spain (al-Andalus), the Slavery in al-Andalus Wikipedia pagenotes that the term Saqaliba was applied to all white Christian slaves. As detailed in theBritannica entry on the Saqalibah, this included captives and boys taken from:>The Land of the Franks (Modern France and Germany)>Galicia (Northwestern Spain)>Lombardy and Calabria (Italy)>>The Trade NetworksMany of these non-Slavic European slaves were captured via Mediterranean piracy, raids onChristian kingdoms, or purchased from Viking and Radhanite merchants who operated acrossthe entire European continent. Because they entered the Islamic markets through similarchannels and shared similar fair physical features, they were bundled under the same Saqalibalabel.The broader use of "white European" simply reflects how medieval writers generalized the term in practice.
Vikings were predominantly blonde or red-haired. Their fair features made them a highly sought-after commodity in ancient and medieval slave markets.Historical evidence shows that Vikings were deeply involved in this trade, acting as both captives and captors.>>Vikings as SlavesVikings who were captured in battle or during raids were sold into the same Mediterranean and Middle Eastern slave markets as the Saqaliba.>The Byzantine Empire: Norsemen captured during conflicts in Southern Europe or the Black Sea were frequently enslaved.>The Islamic World: Arab traders highly valued Scandinavian women for their fair features and blonde hair, frequently purchasing them as concubines for elite households and harems.>>Vikings as Slave TradersIronically, Vikings were also among the most prolific slave traders of the Middle Ages. They actively raided Western and Eastern Europe to capture people to sell.>The Dublin Market: The Vikings established Dublin, Ireland, as one of the largest slave markets in Western Europe, trafficking captured Celts and Anglo-Saxons.>The Volga Route: Norse traders (known as the Rus) traveled down Russian rivers to sell Slavic and Baltic captives directly to Arab and Byzantine merchants, as documented in the famous 10th-century travelogues of Ahmad ibn Fadlan on Wikipedia.>>Hair Color Preferences Within Viking CultureBlonde hair was so highly idealized within Scandinavia itself that brunettes frequently tried to alter their appearance.>Bleaching Customs: According to historical accounts, dark-haired Vikings used a harsh, caustic soap high in lye to bleach their hair and beards blonde.>Pest Control: This lye-heavy soap served a dual purpose, as it also helped kill head lice, which were common at the time.
The Vikings were far less vulnerable to being enslaved than other European populations because of their immense military power, advanced naval technology, and highly organized societal structure.While individual Norsemen were occasionally captured in battle, the Scandinavian homelands were virtually immune to foreign slave raids. Instead, the Vikings were almost always the predators rather than the prey in the medieval slave trade.The structural advantages that protected the Vikings from enslavement included:>>Naval Dominance and Speed>The Longship: Viking longships could navigate both the open ocean and shallow rivers, allowing them to launch surprise attacks and retreat before local populations could organize a defense.>Lack of Countermeasures: Most European kingdoms during the early Middle Ages lacked standing navies capable of intercepting or pursuing Viking fleets.>>Strategic Isolation>Geographic Defense: Scandinavia was located far to the north, shielded by treacherous seas and dense forests.>One-Way Raiding: While Vikings could easily sail south to raid England, France, or Ireland, those fractured kingdoms lacked the logistical capability to launch retaliatory invasions into Scandinavia.>>Professional Military Culture>A Warrior Society: Norse society heavily emphasized martial prowess, weapons training, and tactical organization.>The Varangian Guard: Their military reputation was so formidable that the Byzantine Emperors hired Norse mercenaries as their elite personal bodyguards, rather than attempting to enslave them.>>Targeting Easier VictimsBecause raiding the Viking homelands was effectively a suicide mission, Mediterranean, Byzantine, and Arab slave traders relied on different methods to acquire blonde or fair-skinned slaves. Instead of attacking Scandinavia, they purchased captives from the Vikings themselves or targeted less protected, fragmented tribal populations in Eastern Europe (the Slavs).
>>539419341I can't find sources for rumours, but knowing muslims their prophet was a degenerate subhuman just they are
>>539418990it was mostly about harvesting central and eastern European boys, cutting off their dick and balls and selling them to Frankish and Arab chomos, eventually this culminated in high level in-fighting to control who gets more castrated slavic children for cheap which became the crusades.You see, both the east and the west were already embroiled in what could only be understood as simmering civil conflict. Though certain regions, like Spain's consumer habits included eunuchs but also warriors, which, makes sense given the whole thing with Hastein
>>539421317That's literally not true, the Frankish were slave traded
>>539421317Btw your poop colored so go back to India shitskin
>>539422104Not only is it true, its so true it is baked into the language. The word slave is a French-origin word originally meaning Slav, and it took on the new meaning as the two were synonymous.
>>539422257>paki jeet using a memeflag calls a leaf a jeetLmfao
>>539422385According to ChatGPT it's false.Is this you Timmy?
>>539421317Franks basically didn't "consume" slaves. France was more of a transit area for Radhanite Jews carrying Slavic slaves on their way to the Middle-East.The trade had almost entirely died out in the century before the 1096 First Crusade, owing to the shattering of the Umayyads and Christianization of the Slavic populations and increasing warfare between Christian and Muslim powers.
I am married to a Slav and let me tell you they deserve it.
>>539418990People forget the dark ages largely happened because Rome could no longer enforce civility upon the Mediterranean or its eastern borders. It was literally caused by sand niggers making the water unusable for trade and flooding into Byzantine and Persian territories, destroying them.This lead them into contact with slavs tribes and the trade ramped up even more, with khazars and roaches being the middlemen.
>>539423452Sure you are Timmy
>>539418990100% Cuck fantasy
>>539423452Wrong gif
>>539424186>>539423848Forgot your memeflag Schlomo?
