Re: Arab slave import determined history

On Jun 12, 3:42 pm, Michael Siemon <mlsie...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
In article <hv0m2s$in...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
 William Black <william.bl...@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On 12/06/10 11:32, M Winther wrote:

Europe also suffered Mongol invasions.

The Arabs made it to Vienna as well,  but saying Europe suffered Mongol
and Islamic invasions is putting rather strongly.

Turks. Arabs made it north across the Mediterranean to Sicily and Spain.
I suspect (or vaguely recall :-)) raids into mainland Italy as well.
There were sieges of Constantinople, but not (AFAIK) any major thrusts
into its European hinterland.

The obvious question is what would qualify as "European hinterland"?
The Arabs had been very active in the Southern France (pretty much
occupied Acquitane
and penetrated into the Central France as well (Tours).




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