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Around the middle of the 3rd millennium BCE, someone in a town in the southern Levant buried 4 donkeys as foundation offerings, the kind of sacrifice meant to bless a new building. On its own that isn’t unusual. What makes these animals worth a 2nd look is what their teeth reveal
October 6, 2026 at 7:41 PM
Around the middle of the 3rd millennium BCE, someone in a town in the southern Levant buried 4 donkeys as foundation offerings, the kind of sacrifice meant to bless a new building. On its own that isn’t unusual. What makes these animals worth a 2nd look is what their teeth reveal
There’s a stretch of road northwest of Jerusalem that drops off the Judean hills toward the coastal plain. You can drive it today in a few minutes. In the late autumn of AD 66, it took the Roman army of Syria the better part of 3 days, and by the time the survivors reached
October 4, 2026 at 8:23 PM
There’s a stretch of road northwest of Jerusalem that drops off the Judean hills toward the coastal plain. You can drive it today in a few minutes. In the late autumn of AD 66, it took the Roman army of Syria the better part of 3 days, and by the time the survivors reached
Nero's last morning began with him crawling on his hands and knees through a hole in a wall. It's an odd picture for a man who had once ruled from Britain to Syria. But by June AD 68, the empire had quietly stopped belonging to him. He had slipped out of Rome in the dark,
October 3, 2026 at 8:11 PM
Nero's last morning began with him crawling on his hands and knees through a hole in a wall. It's an odd picture for a man who had once ruled from Britain to Syria. But by June AD 68, the empire had quietly stopped belonging to him. He had slipped out of Rome in the dark,
Picture Aachen on 24 June 1374. It's the feast of St John the Baptist, midsummer, the kind of day when a medieval town would already be loud with bells, bonfire smoke and people who'd had a bit too much to drink. Nobody would have looked twice at a few folks dancing in the street
October 2, 2026 at 7:17 PM
Picture Aachen on 24 June 1374. It's the feast of St John the Baptist, midsummer, the kind of day when a medieval town would already be loud with bells, bonfire smoke and people who'd had a bit too much to drink. Nobody would have looked twice at a few folks dancing in the street
In 1919, workmen restoring St Magnus Cathedral in Kirkwall opened up one of the big sandstone pillars and found a hollow with a wooden box tucked inside. In the box were human bones. The skull had a nasty wound across the top,
October 1, 2026 at 9:54 PM
In 1919, workmen restoring St Magnus Cathedral in Kirkwall opened up one of the big sandstone pillars and found a hollow with a wooden box tucked inside. In the box were human bones. The skull had a nasty wound across the top,
Picture a government office in Canton, sometime around 1808. A clerk is writing down a confession. The man in front of him was caught on a pirate junk, he's been questioned probably not gently, and he's about to be sentenced. Somewhere in that paperwork the clerk writes down a
October 1, 2026 at 9:33 PM
Picture a government office in Canton, sometime around 1808. A clerk is writing down a confession. The man in front of him was caught on a pirate junk, he's been questioned probably not gently, and he's about to be sentenced. Somewhere in that paperwork the clerk writes down a
Sometime around Easter 1203, a 16 year old prisoner in the castle at Rouen simply vanished. There was no trial, no announcement, no funeral and no grave. His name was Arthur, Duke of Brittany, and he was the nephew of the King of England. The man holding the keys to his cell was
October 1, 2026 at 1:35 AM
Sometime around Easter 1203, a 16 year old prisoner in the castle at Rouen simply vanished. There was no trial, no announcement, no funeral and no grave. His name was Arthur, Duke of Brittany, and he was the nephew of the King of England. The man holding the keys to his cell was
In 1550, the painter Giorgio Vasari published a collection of biographies of Italy’s great artists, and in it he gave his era the name it still carries: rinascita, rebirth. He and his contemporaries were sure they had revived the glory of Greece and Rome after a thousand years of
September 27, 2026 at 5:20 PM
In 1550, the painter Giorgio Vasari published a collection of biographies of Italy’s great artists, and in it he gave his era the name it still carries: rinascita, rebirth. He and his contemporaries were sure they had revived the glory of Greece and Rome after a thousand years of
The East Company dominated Britain's trade with Asia, shipping enormous quantities of Indian cotton cloth, silk, indigo, and saltpetre a key ingredient in gunpowder back to Europe. Later it built a massive business in Chinese tea, paid for largely with opium grown in India and
September 22, 2026 at 3:34 PM
The East Company dominated Britain's trade with Asia, shipping enormous quantities of Indian cotton cloth, silk, indigo, and saltpetre a key ingredient in gunpowder back to Europe. Later it built a massive business in Chinese tea, paid for largely with opium grown in India and
Although the Mongol Empire was still united, between 1206 and 1260, its campaigns produced more prisoners than anyone knew what to do with. The captives fed a slave market that stretched across Eurasia, tying capitals like Qaraqorum, Daidu, Tabriz and Sarai to trading towns from
September 20, 2026 at 4:19 PM
Although the Mongol Empire was still united, between 1206 and 1260, its campaigns produced more prisoners than anyone knew what to do with. The captives fed a slave market that stretched across Eurasia, tying capitals like Qaraqorum, Daidu, Tabriz and Sarai to trading towns from
Enslavement: From Labor to Scholars and Hope
September 13, 2026 at 4:16 PM
Enslavement: From Labor to Scholars and Hope
Renaissance Slavery: Venice, Genoa and Black Sea Trade
September 13, 2026 at 4:10 PM
Renaissance Slavery: Venice, Genoa and Black Sea Trade
Renaissance Slavery: Venice, Genoa and Black Sea Trade
September 13, 2026 at 4:08 PM
Renaissance Slavery: Venice, Genoa and Black Sea Trade
Roman and Persian Empires: Slave Trade Explained
September 13, 2026 at 4:00 PM
Roman and Persian Empires: Slave Trade Explained
Byzantium vs. Europe: Slavery Norms Compared
September 13, 2026 at 3:47 PM
Byzantium vs. Europe: Slavery Norms Compared
The surprising evolution of slavery across Eurasia
September 10, 2026 at 4:55 PM
The surprising evolution of slavery across Eurasia
Slavery was violent by definition, but that didn't mean it was a fixed, permanent state enslaved people sometimes had real room to move up in the world. Take the Islamic legal concept of umm al-walad: if an enslaved woman bore her master's child, she was freed.
September 10, 2026 at 4:39 PM
Slavery was violent by definition, but that didn't mean it was a fixed, permanent state enslaved people sometimes had real room to move up in the world. Take the Islamic legal concept of umm al-walad: if an enslaved woman bore her master's child, she was freed.
The Mongol Empire didn't just conquer land, it changed how slavery worked across Eurasia, turning captives into a kind of portable resource that moved wherever the empire needed labor.
September 9, 2026 at 2:26 PM
The Mongol Empire didn't just conquer land, it changed how slavery worked across Eurasia, turning captives into a kind of portable resource that moved wherever the empire needed labor.
Medieval Mediterranean slavery was defined primarily by religious identity and political geography rather than race. Western Europe's long-term internal resistance to domestic slavery was reinforced by universal monogamy,
September 8, 2026 at 2:39 PM
Medieval Mediterranean slavery was defined primarily by religious identity and political geography rather than race. Western Europe's long-term internal resistance to domestic slavery was reinforced by universal monogamy,
Uncover the complex reality of the transcontinental slave trade, revealing its land based networks and diverse roles of enslaved people. Learn how religious and legal systems shaped this history, offering surprising pathways to freedom.
September 8, 2026 at 2:07 PM
Uncover the complex reality of the transcontinental slave trade, revealing its land based networks and diverse roles of enslaved people. Learn how religious and legal systems shaped this history, offering surprising pathways to freedom.
Discover the pervasive reality of medieval slavery, challenging historical assumptions. We explore how gender, origin, and power dynamics fueled a vast, land based trade across continents, with diverse origins and reasons for enslavement.
September 8, 2026 at 2:01 PM
Discover the pervasive reality of medieval slavery, challenging historical assumptions. We explore how gender, origin, and power dynamics fueled a vast, land based trade across continents, with diverse origins and reasons for enslavement.
Part I. The World History of Slavery after the Fall of the Western Roman Empire
Part I. The World History of Slavery after the Fall of the Western Roman Empire
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September 5, 2026 at 3:34 PM
Part I. The World History of Slavery after the Fall of the Western Roman Empire
The medieval millennium (450–1420 CE) experienced a continuous and ubiquitous presence of slavery, contradicting the long-held scholarly assumption of a historical hiatus between the fall of the Roman Empire and the rise of transatlantic plantation systems.
September 5, 2026 at 2:44 PM
The medieval millennium (450–1420 CE) experienced a continuous and ubiquitous presence of slavery, contradicting the long-held scholarly assumption of a historical hiatus between the fall of the Roman Empire and the rise of transatlantic plantation systems.
Jerusalem Siege 614 CE: Persian Conquest and True Cross Theft
August 29, 2026 at 10:10 PM
Jerusalem Siege 614 CE: Persian Conquest and True Cross Theft
August 26, 2026 at 8:09 PM