symbols. Slavery was a widely accepted practice in ancient Greece, as it was in contemporaneous societies. The principal use of slaves was in agriculture...
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Sexual slavery and sexual exploitation is an attachment of any ownership right over one or more people with the intent of coercing or otherwise forcing...
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Slavery in the ancient world, from the earliest known recorded evidence in Sumer to the pre-medieval Antiquity Mediterranean cultures, comprised a mixture...
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Slavery in ancient Rome played an important role in society and the economy. Unskilled or low-skill slaves labored in the fields, mines, and mills with...
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Ancient Greece (Ancient Greek: Ἑλλάς, romanized: Hellás) was a northeastern Mediterranean civilization, existing from the Greek Dark Ages of the 12th–9th...
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Manumission (category Slavery in ancient Greece)
found, in some abundance at Delphi (Greece), specify in detail the prerequisites for liberation. A History of Ancient Greece explains that in the context...
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The economy of ancient Greece was defined largely by the region's dependence on imported goods. As a result of the poor quality of Greece's soil, agricultural...
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Slavery in ancient Egypt existed at least since the Old Kingdom period. Discussions of slavery in Pharaonic Egypt are complicated by terminology used...
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(philosophy) Slavery Slavery and religion Slavery in ancient Greece Valladolid debate Wayne Ambler, "Aristotle on Nature and Politics: The Case of Slavery," Political...
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Pallake (category Slavery in ancient Greece)
Pallakae or pallakai (Ancient Greek: παλλακαί; singular pallake (παλλακή)) was the general name given to a concubine in ancient Greece. The word pallake,...
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relations in ancient Greece amongst elite circles was between adult men and pubescent or adolescent boys, known as pederasty (marriages in Ancient Greece between...
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Helots (redirect from Helots in Sparta)
like that which accompanied the earthquake. Classicide Sciritae Slavery in Ancient Greece Trophimoi Notes Apud Libanios, Orationes 25, 63 = Frag. 37 DK;...
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The history of slavery spans many cultures, nationalities, and religions from ancient times to the present day. Likewise, its victims have come from many...
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Seisachtheia (category Slavery in ancient Greece)
prevent excessive accumulation of land by powerful families. Slavery in ancient Greece Jubilee (biblical) Project Gutenberg's The Great Events by Famous...
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House slave (category Slavery in ancient Greece)
sexual slave. In classical antiquity, many civilizations had house slaves. The study of slavery in Ancient Greece remains a complex subject, in part because...
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Pederasty in ancient Greece was a socially acknowledged relationship between an older male (the erastes) and a younger male (the eromenos) usually in his teens...
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Greece – Economy of Ancient Greece – Law in Ancient Greece – Pederasty in ancient Greece – Prostitution in Ancient Greece – Slavery in Ancient Greece...
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of slavery. Catholic Church and slavery Christianity and slavery History of slavery Islamic views on slavery Slavery in ancient Greece Slavery in ancient...
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Paedagogus (occupation) (category Slavery in ancient Greece)
In the ancient Greece, a paidagogos παιδαγωγός (Ancient greek) was a slave entrusted with supervising boys from the age of seven and in Roman Republic...
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and topical guide to ancient Greece: Ancient Greece – Towns of ancient Greece List of ancient Greek cities Regions of ancient Greece Peloponnese Achaea...
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slave trade Slavery in ancient Greece Slavery in ancient Rome Slavery in antiquity Slavery in medieval Europe Slavery in modern Africa Slavery in 21st-century...
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Penestai (category Slavery in ancient Greece)
The penestai or penestae (Greek: oἱ πενέσται, hoi penéstai) were a class of unfree labourers in Thessaly, Ancient Greece. These labourers were tied to...
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Records of slavery in Ancient Greece begin with Mycenaean Greece. Classical Athens had the largest slave population, with as many as 80,000 in the 6th and...
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Skeuophoros (category Slavery in ancient Greece)
A skeuophoros (Greek: Σκευοφόρος "Βaggage carrier") was a slave or servant who carried baggage in Ancient Greece. Herodotus records that every hoplite...
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Demosioi (category Slavery in ancient Greece)
singular Demosios) were a class of public slaves in the system of slavery in ancient Greece at Athens, who were bought and owned by the state itself. The...
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Conspiracy of Cinadon (category Slavery in ancient Greece)
took place in Sparta in 399 BCE early in the reign of Eurypontid King Agesilaus II (400–c. 360 BCE). The leader was Cinadon (Ancient Greek: Κινάδων),...
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Agriculture was the foundation of the Ancient Greek economy. Nearly 80% of the population was involved in this activity. Most Greek language agricultural texts...
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Manumission inscriptions at Delphi (category Slavery in ancient Greece)
Fisher, N. R. E. 2001 [1993]. Slavery in Classical Greece. London. Garlan, Y., 1988 [1982]. Slavery in Ancient Greece, translated by Janet Lloyd. Ithaca...
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Thebes (/ˈθiːbz/; Greek: Θήβα, Thíva [ˈθiva]; Ancient Greek: Θῆβαι, Thêbai [tʰɛ̂ːbai̯]) is a city in Boeotia, Central Greece, and is one of the oldest...
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ancient Greece is the main surviving type of fine ancient Greek art as, with the exception of painted ancient Greek pottery, almost no ancient Greek painting...
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