• Slavery and Jews of al-Andalus

  • Sep 25 2020
  • Length: 44 mins
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Slavery and Jews of al-Andalus

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  • This is episode 44 called Slavery and Jews of al-Andalus and in this episode you will learn:

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    - Introduction to slavery in the Islamic world and al-Andalus
    - What’s the difference between a captive and a slave
    - Captivity for women and the social problem that captivity supposed
    - Which were the occupations and jobs performed by slaves in al-Andalus
    - Captivity and slavery in the context of the campaigns of Almanzor
    - What determined the price of a slave and how were auctions and transactions done
    - Jews under early Umayyad rule and the case of Eleazar of Zaragoza
    - Why Jews in al-Andalus were Arabized but not Islamized
    - A brief biography of the great foreign minister and physician Hasdai ibn Shaprut
    - Jews under the Taifa kingdoms, the case of Samuel HaNagrid, and the Golden Age of Jewish culture
    - The end of the Jewish golden age in al-Andalus, with the 1066 Granada Massacre and the arrival of the Almoravids
    - The expulsion and forced conversions of Christians and Jews under the Almohads
    - Why Jews were sometimes tolerated and sometimes suffered repression, understanding the political and economic logic behind it
    - A reflection on the lives of captives and enslaved people
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