Not to nitpick, but the byzantine empire, seat of orthodox christianity for its first 1000 years, condoned slavery: http://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog.php?isbn

Not to nitpick, but the byzantine empire, seat of orthodox christianity for its first 1000 years, condoned slavery: http://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog.php?isbn=9780674036116 http://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog.php?isbn=9780674036116