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The Khiva Slave Trade: Central Asia's Forgotten Human Market
Long before Russian conquest, the Khanate of Khiva was infamous across Eurasia as the epicenter of a vast slave trade. In this episode, Lucas walks Luna through the origins of Khiva's slave markets, the raiding networks that captured Persians, Russians, and steppe nomads, and the staggering scale of human trafficking that defined the region for centuries. We explore how slaving shaped Khiva's economy, its brutal system of slave labor in the Karakum desert, and the often-overlooked role of Turkmen tribes as both traders and raiders. We also discuss the Russian campaigns to suppress…
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