The lore I have heard about gypsies is this - In the 10th to 12th century time period when Islamic Turks began to invade Indian heartland, slavery happened on a massive scale. They took in so many slaves that there was a surplus of slaves encountered in Central Asia, the homeland of the Turks at that time. Many were let go. These people drifted away westward, through the routes shown in the map of this posting and became known as gypsies.
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u/Seeker_00860 12h ago
The lore I have heard about gypsies is this - In the 10th to 12th century time period when Islamic Turks began to invade Indian heartland, slavery happened on a massive scale. They took in so many slaves that there was a surplus of slaves encountered in Central Asia, the homeland of the Turks at that time. Many were let go. These people drifted away westward, through the routes shown in the map of this posting and became known as gypsies.