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  Slavery timeline
     
c. 3000 BC
 
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Slavery arrives as part of the package of civlization, along with armies, public works and social hierarchies     
c. 1720 BC
 
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The Code of Hammurabi is the first surviving document to record the law relating to slaves      
c. 1700 BC
 
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The biblical account suggests that around this period the Hebrews are a captive tribe in Egypt      
416 BC
 
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The Athenians, capturing Melos, kill all the males of the island and sell the women and children into slavery       
c. 700
 
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The African slave trade through the Sahara is so extensive that a new town, Zawila, is established as a trading station      
c. 850
 
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The caliphs in Baghdad begin to employ Turkish slaves, or Mamelukes, in their armies