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Yes but the Trans-Atlantic slave trade did that too on a larger scale. It also introduced modern weaponry to the continent and vastly altered the power balances of the time.
And the end of slavery gave way to the scramble for Africa. There's no question which civilization made a deeper mark.
The Romans, the Golden hoard, Persia or Arabs, as a % of the population? The spike that happened with the Atlantic slave trade I don't think was as large as it had been as a percentage of the population.