The Prestige Makers: Greek Slave Women in Ancient India.
In the ancient Mediterranean, slavers targeted women. Many of these enslaved women went to regional markets but some were shipped to India where they could be used to access markets that supplied the Eastern luxury products profitable back in the West. Women, labeled yavani (Ionic Greek) in India, c...
| Publicado en: | Journal of World History Vol. 31; no. 2; pp. 265 - 295 |
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University of Hawai'i
Jun2020
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