On some aspects of the East European slave trade in the 9 - first half of the 10th century (according to the Eastern sources) Cover Image

О некоторых аспектах восточноевропейской работорговли в IX - первой половине X века (по данным восточных источников)
On some aspects of the East European slave trade in the 9 - first half of the 10th century (according to the Eastern sources)

Author(s): V. A. Shorokhov
Subject(s): History
Published by: Издательство Исторического факультета СПбГУ
Keywords: Old Rus'; slave trade; Eastern Europe

Summary/Abstract: The author examines some aspects of the early history of East European slave trade, such as its chronology and features of stable trade routes formation, their configuration, market trends. Drawing on data from Muslim sources he concludes that the main causes of the rise of slave trade in Eastern Europe were oriental silver cash flow and the formation of the Rus' state.

  • Issue Year: 2011
  • Issue No: 06
  • Page Range: 31-41
  • Page Count: 11
  • Language: Russian