Posted on 11/04/2019 11:21:03 AM PST by CondoleezzaProtege
Early in the 1960s the excavation of the post-Roman settlement at Cadbury in England uncovereddark ages chocolatepottery and glass etc from Constantinople. The seagoing trade was robust in the heyday of the Roman Empire, but it continued to be strong, eventually surpassed by the successor states in the former western provinces.
Once the Muslims took over, they didn’t just blind relatives, they killed all brothers of the chosen ruler. Since there was a harem, this could be a number of people.
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