Economic Pursuits of the Jews in the Middle Ages The Jews in the middle ages progressed economically through various occupations. ... In the later part of the Early Middle Ages, Jews began to engage in lending money on interest to Christians . Feudalism was the economic and political system that characterized Christian Europe during the Middle Ages , therefore leaving the rich and powerful nobles with the land. ... The Jewish World in the Middle Ages. ...

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Female slaves were worth more than males of the same age. ... The white males and females were sold for 70l. to 100l. for age twelve through eighteen. ... Few black slaves reached their middle ages. White slaves as well that were born into the country dies early and consequently contributed nothing to maintain themselves. ... However this is the extent of how the slaves were captured, sold, and used in the early Egyptian Empire. ...

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Jacobs relates the details of her early childhood as an unusually happy one for a slave child. ... This intimate verbal harassment, especially from a middle-aged married man, was often a taboo subject in those days. ... She makes it clear that her disillusionment with the world starts at a young age. ...

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