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Western Europe and the Middle East took slaves from the Dalmatian Coast for six centuries. Western Europe and the Middle East took slaves from the Dalmatian Coast for six centuries.
Centuries before the Centuries before the Turkish raiders took hundreds of as Slaves.
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There’s a lack of Navigable Rivers or Streams Escarpments and Rift Valleys
It has the shortest coastline of all continents. It has the shortest coastline of all continents. It has a lack of indentations for natural harbors. The rivers produce large, shallow mouths full of sand. Ocean-going vehicles are unable to enter rivers. They must anchor far from the coast and row ashore.
Like in Dubrovnik, Arab and Turkish slave traders would purchase slaves to sell throughout Arabia and the Ottoman Empire. Like in Dubrovnik, Arab and Turkish slave traders would purchase slaves to sell throughout Arabia and the Ottoman Empire. 14 Million Africans were taken to Moslem regions and sold. Most were young women who were sold into harems. Enslaved men were turned into eunuchs and would guard the women. Many Africans were taken by Moslem slave traders in the west as Moslems encroached further south into sub-Saharan Africa.
After slavery had died out in western Europe, Europeans perceived a need for cheap labor. They began to purchase slaves in Africa and transport them to the Caribbean and Brazilian sugar plantations. Most of the enslaved Africans were male. Their life expectancy was 5 years in the sugar plantations. This was a major reason for the continued slave trade.
Lead to Large-scale slavery in Africa. Lead to Large-scale slavery in Africa. At any given time there were more enslaved men and woman in Africa than there were enslaved Africans outside of Africa. Isolated peoples were always in danger of falling victim to raiders. It’s difficult to interact with others to form defensive alliances.
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