Prague slave trade
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The Prague slave trade refers to the slave trade conducted between the Duchy of Bohemia and the Caliphate of Córdoba in Moorish al-Andalus in roughly the 9th–11th century in the Early Middle Ages. The
The Goddess Zorya of the Slavic religion. The fact that the Slavs were pagans legitimized them as targets for enslavement in the eyes of Christians, Muslims and Jews.
Iron restraints, 11th or 12th century, from Neu Niekohr
The Radhanite trade routes.
Andalusian coins
Slavery in al-Andalus
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Slavery in al-Andalus was a practice throughout Al-Andalus and the Iberian Peninsula between the 8th century and the 15th century. This includes the periods of the Emirate of Córdoba, the Caliphate of
Prague slave trade
…Pagans were considered as legitimate targets of enslavement both by Christian and Islamic law. Bohemia was thereby able to traffic pagan captives to the slave market of the Muslim Caliphate of Cordoba through Christian France without trouble. The Prague slave trade was a mutual trade of benefit between the Caliphate of Córdoba, who were dependent on…
Madinat al-Zahra.
Slavic and Black slaves in Córdoba; illustration from the Cantigas de Santa Maria