Slavery in the Mediterranean in the Middle Ages
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Are the Circassians an Ethnic Minority?
The only Circassian community I know about is a couple of thousand people perhaps, most in Israel. They would be speaking some language related to Turkish, and I suspect they would be Muslim, Sunni Muslims. You don't hear much about them, but they are a sort of protected ethnic group. It's such an interesting subject, and one that I think is very unknown, at least well. That's my impression, I certainly didn't know much about it. No, you're welcome. The subject needs to be talked about, because it's very easy to oversimplify the history of slavery. It's a complex, non-linear, and it is something which has always been part
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