From monks and empires to memes and wars, the ethnic group remains Europe’s most paradoxical civilization
Are Slavs just meme people?
According to a popular theory, there is a direct link between the ethnonym ‘Slav’ and the Greek word σκλάβος (sklabos), meaning ‘slave’. This has nothing to do with the Slavic character or will for independence but is rather a grim historical reminder: in Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages, the Slavs often fell prey to slave raids.
The markets were full of slaves from Eastern Europe, and the term supposedly became associated with an entire group of peoples.
Many criticize this theory and see the root of the…
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