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Early Modern Diplomacy

Although we somehow consider ourselves being experts in the field of #NewDiplomaticHistory, we faced great difficulties in finding information on #black #emdiplomacy.

One reason for this is that #GlobalHistory, however, focuses strongly on the Americas and Asia. Research on Africa and #earlyModern African #diplomacy is very limited though it has existed since the #MiddleAges at least.

Another reason for the underrepresentation of #earlyModern African history in #NewDiplomaticHistory is the lack of sources. As many African regions had other traditions than written sources, it is difficult to access African #emdiplomacy. This is also why existing research heavily focuses on a few exampels and regions when it comes to #black #emdiplomacy, mostly Ethiopa, Kongo and the North of the continent. (2/2)

#NewDiplomaticHistory #BlackHistoryMonth #history #histodons

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Bibliolater 📚 📜 🖋

🔴 **Ancient genomes reveal trans-Eurasian connections between the European Huns and the Xiongnu Empire**

_“We provide new compelling evidence on the origins of the Hun-period population, its considerable diversity and its ties to the steppe and the Xiongnu elites.”_

G.A. Gnecchi-Ruscone, Z. Rácz, S. Liccardo, J. Lee, Y. Huang, L. Traverso, R. Radzevičiūtė, Z. Hajnal, A. Szécsényi-Nagy, B. Gyuris, O. Mateovics-László, Z. Bernert, T. Szeniczey, T. Hajdu, B. Mészáros, M. Bálint, B.G. Mende, B. Miller, Z. Samashev, A. Childebayeva, L. Djansugurova, P. Geary, H. Ringbauer, T. Vida, C. Jeong, W. Pohl, J. Krause, & Z. Hofmanová, Ancient genomes reveal trans-Eurasian connections between the European Huns and the Xiongnu Empire, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 122 (9) e2418485122, doi.org/10.1073/pnas.241848512 (2025).

#OpenAccess #OA #Research #Article #DOI #Anthropology #Science #Biology #Ancient #Genomes #DNA #Eurasia #Huns #Xiongnu #MiddleAges #Academia #Academics @science @biology @anthropology

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We continue #emdiplomacy insights during #BlackHIstoryMonth and
want to draw your attention to the #Borno sultanate at the shores of Lake #Chad. Like the neighbouring #Kanem sultanate it was ruled by the Sayfawa dynasty from the 14th century. According to Rémi Dewière, “Kanem and Borno extended their commercial and diplomatic networks from Morocco to Mecca in the #middleAges, to northern Ghana and Instanbul in the #earlymodern period, and then to European countries in the 19th century.” The first known Borno diplomat was Idrīs b. Muḥammad, a cousin of the Borno sultan who was mentioned in the context of a mission to the Mamluk Egypt in 1391. In the decade following 1551, the sultans of Borno dispatched two embassies to Tripoli. In 1574 and 1577, the Borno Sultan Idrīs b. ʿAlī sent an ambassador, al-Hāǧǧ Yūsuf, to Istanbul. (1/5)

#NewDiplomaticHistory #Africa #histodons #history #histodons #GlobalHistory

@histodons @earlymodern @historikerinnen

Grey map of Africa on which the Kanem-Borno region is highlighted with green colour
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Did you know that some research believes that #ancient #Europeans regularly ate #seaweed?

#Aquatic #plant eating is often connected to Asia. But in 2023, researchers found evidence of widespread consumption of seaweed during the transitional years between hunter-gather culture & farming.

What's more is that Europeans kept eating seaweed into the early #MiddleAges - perhaps recognising its nutritional value.

Why have aquatic foods been lost in western diets?

Good question.

This is a photo of Palmaria palmata also known as Dulse. It shows a brick red seaweed with many floating thick tendrils in the ocean, next to a green seaweed.
#history#food
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Early Modern Diplomacy

However, even when it comes to diplomatic contacts between African and European rulers research is biased and focuses mostly on the Christian rulers of #Ethiopia and #Congo. These relations can be traced back to the #MiddleAges as Verena Krebs’s doctoral thesis shows:

verenakrebs.com/projects/medie

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#NewDiplomaticHistory #history #emdiplomacy #histodons

@histodons @historikerinnen @earlymodern
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1) Since the #MiddleAges #peace and justice were regarded as core virtues of any ruler. The interconnection between peace and sovereignty can be traced back to Roman Emperor Augustus. But first #Augustine transferred this conception of peace into the framework of Christianity. Thomas Aquinas built on this when he related peace to the common good and declared maintaining this peace to be a ruler's task.

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