https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/enslaved-africans-led-a-decade-long-rebellion-1-200-years-ago-in-iraq-new-evidence-suggests
Apparently the Zanj revolted because they were forced to dig canals (very very abrupt paraphrase)
Nice find, Jim.
Or were they revolting because they had just dug the canals.... ::)
Quote from: Duncan Head on Jun 15, 2025, 05:48 PMNice find, Jim.
Pure serendipity. I suppose the Zanj is one of those movements I've always felt I wanted to learn more about at some point (probably because I may even have some of the figures suitable ::) ) so I might have noticed something that otherwise would have passed me by ;)