Slavery in the Mediterranean in the Middle Ages
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The Circassians, the Turkic Mamluks and the Ottoman Empire
Some people think that once the Circassians got the upper hand for some reason, it all got terribly a feat and less successful. But they are extremely interesting because when we talk about the history of the slave trade, I mean, I don't want to get into questions of the color of people's skins. Many of them were very, very fair, blonde, blue hide, etc., and that actually made them more desirable in the slave markets. If they were dark, if they were olive-coloured, this wasn't quite as desirable. The Genuese had a center of operations in Crimea to place called Kafa, where they, with the agreement of the Mongols, they
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