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Did Europeans buy enslaved Slavs from the Muslims in medieval times?
Europeans were mostly selling Slavs to Muslims. Venice, for example, was a major medieval hub of international slavery. Venetians were not allowed to sell Catholics, so they were selling Pagans and Orthodox Christians. They were buying from Germans, Vikings, early Rus rulers and many others.
Later, Italians worked as resellers and movers in the Islamic slave world of Crimea and Turkey. They were buying Slavs from some Muslims and selling to others.
Still, there were Slavic slaves bought for the European masters. Beautiful blond Rus girls had some “exotic” value for the South-Western Europeans.
Pictured - Viking traders on the Volga (paining by Tom Lovell).
Ubuntu (Zulu pronunciation: [ùɓúntʼù]) is a Nguni Bantu term meaning “humanity”. It is sometimes translated as “I am because we are” (also “I am because you are”),or “humanity towards others” (Zulu umuntu ngumuntu ngabantu).
In Xhosa, the latter term is used, but is often meant in a more philosophical sense to mean “the belief in a universal bond of sharing that connects all humanity”
We watched this female jaguar resting during midday heat (40+ degrees). Suddenly, a massive male jaguar jumped out of the bushes. The female's adrenaline kicked in and her pupils turned blue for a second, as you can see on the shots.