Net and Terrorism.
Igor Chudov @ home
ichudov at algebra.com
Thu Jul 4 17:23:38 PDT 1996
Dr.Dimitri Vulis KOTM wrote:
>
> tcmay at got.net (Timothy C. May) writes:
> > Islam, notably, was known for this policy of conversion by the sword:
> > entire national populations were given the choice of converting to Islam or
> > being put to the sword. Most converted, naturally enough.
>
> No, the population was given the choice of converting or becoming slaves.
> (Slaves who opted to convert later didn't become free.) There were very
> few examples of mass genocide during the moslem conquests, and generally
> they avoided killing anyone who could be sold into slavery.
Just curious how much slaves cost at that time. Would be interestnig
to see a price of a good slave as compared to, say, average monthly
earnings or a price of one sheep.
- Igor.
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