The Magan civilisation, often associated with the region of modern-day Oman, played a significant role in the trade networks ...

Foreign trade was necessary to obtain raw materials ... and also slaves captured from the mountains surrounding Mesopotamia. (A typical word for slave was “mountain girl.”) ...

In East Africa a slave trade was well established before the ... soldiers in the Omani army and workers on the salt pans of Mesopotamia (modern Iraq). Many people were domestic slaves, working ...