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Serfs of this ethnicity were the primary labor force in the feudum acinganorum on Corfu. Muslim converts (10[1])of this ethnicity included the voivode of Transylvania (-5[1])Ștefan Răzvan. Byzantine references to athinganoi may be the first documented appearance of these people in European (-5[1])history. (10[1])The Vlax branch of these (10[1])people (10[1]-5[1])developed the (10[1])kris (-5[1])law courts, (10[2])which did not (10[1])rely on gadjo authority. (10[1]-5[1])Enslaved copper miners became the Kalderash subgroup of these people. (10[1]-5[1])These people were targeted by the Porajmos (10[5])(“po-rye-mos”). According (10[3])to medieval sources, (10[1])these people often identified their homeland (10[1])as “Little Egypt,” (10[3])while (10[2])French (10[1])authorities considered (10[1])them to have originated (10[1])in Bohemia. (10[2])For 10 points, (10[1])name this nomadic ethnic group (10[4])whose ancestors migrated to Europe from India. ■END■ (10[4])

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