# Canonical recap data for Slave Raid at Talheim: Early Conflict (9700)
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slug: talheim-massacre
canonicalUrl: "https://recap.at/9700/talheim-massacre"
title: "Slave Raid at Talheim: Early Conflict"
subtitle: Skeletal evidence from a Neolithic massacre site reveals organized violence and systematic domination, challenging assumptions about peaceful pre-history.
recapType: global_event
eventStatus: concluded
startDate: 9700-01-01
datePrecision: year
year: 9700
decade: 9700
country:
name: Germany
slug: germany
summaryShort: 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 Sume
summaryLong: 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.
heroImageUrl: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Nyangwe.jpg/1280px-Nyangwe.jpg"
heroImageCredit: Wikipedia · "Slave raiding"
importance: 68
sourceConfidence: 75
keyFacts: []
timeline: []
sources:
- url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slave_raiding"
  title: Slave raiding
  provider: Wikipedia
related: []
categories:
- war
metaDescription: "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 "
wikidataQid: Q7539194
archiveSnapshots:
- url: "https://web.archive.org/web/20260705012740/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slave_raiding"
  capturedAt: 2026-07-05
  label: Slave raiding
  originalUrl: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slave_raiding"
