Women were likely taken for slave labor. The fertile ones as sex slaves, the older ones for physical labor. "Old women" as we think of them today (65+) didn't

Women were likely taken for slave labor. The fertile ones as sex slaves, the older ones for physical labor. "Old women" as we think of them today (65+) didn't really exist back then because life spans weren't as long as they are today for a number of reasons. Most "older" women taken would have been 50-60 years old and perfectly able to work as laborers. Human history is pretty brutal.