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[-] Cannacheques@slrpnk.net 1 points 2 years ago

Remind me again of how farming ruined people

[-] Grayox@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago

The first written evidence of slavery in the ancient world comes from ancient Mesopotamia. However, slavery was in practice much longer than that. Slavery most likely began when the first cities needed labor to keep food production up to feed growing populations.

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