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title: "Slave Raid at Talheim: Early Conflict"
year: 9700
country: "Germany"
canonical: "https://recap.at/9700/talheim-massacre"
slug: "talheim-massacre"
recapType: "global_event"
startDate: "9700-01-01"
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# Slave Raid at Talheim: Early Conflict

> Skeletal evidence from a Neolithic massacre site reveals organized violence and systematic domination, challenging assumptions about peaceful pre-history.

## Summary

Slave raiding is a military raid for the purpose of capturing people and bringing them from the raid area to serve as slaves. Once a common part of warfare, it is now widely considered a war crime. Slave raiding has occurred since antiquity. Some of the earliest surviving written records of slave raiding come from Sumer. Kidnapping and prisoners of war were the most common sources of African slaves, although indentured servitude or punishment also resulted in slavery.

## Sources

- [Slave raiding](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slave_raiding) - Wikipedia

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Canonical: https://recap.at/9700/talheim-massacre