In like the 10 century england produced and gifted the pope thousands of coins with the engraving of Allah is big, Mohammed is his only messenger (etc etc). This was not because they were Muslims but the caliphate back then was the biggest power in the world and as such they decided to copy the style of their coins. Only small problem is they didn’t speak Arabic, so what they thought were esthetic engravings were actually messages in Arabic
And there’s Viking runic graffiti scratched into the marble in the Hagia Sofia.
Turns out they got around a bit, those vikings.
The Scandis were part of the Varangian guard, fighting beside the Greeks against the Arabs for centuries. MF even raided Sicily (some things never change).
1200 years ago is roughly the same time as the golden age of Islam. Back then it made sense to go to a far away place by boat to get some stuf like what was needed for the Ulfberth swords.
At some point in time no more Ulfberth swords and the age of decline had begun which makes one wonder if one had something to do with the other.
Don’t tell them ‘Allah’ means ‘God’ in the Arabic language, and doesn’t specify which “God”.
If I remember correctly there is even some markins on Hagia Sofia thst indicate that scandinavians got there
Vikings glaze always annoyed me a bit. Bunch of supposedly hard men raiding fishing villages lol
oh, no, you don’t say that you could find valuable items (taken as payment or just side trade) along a major slave trade route?
did they find meatballs, too?
Foreshadowing the Emirate of Sweden.
International trade was how, it isn’t rocket science.
In Oslo’s Historic Museum they have a Byzantine treasure with Greek and Persian coins from the Viking Era. The guys were seafarers after all, travelling all across Northern Europe and the Mediterranean both raiding and trading.
Drop shipping off of temu bro
Why is this egg of a human even succesful? All she does is post a shitty videoselfie and then puts some text over it.
I wonder if these guys had some kind of vessels that would let them travel on water
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vikings were traders, yes
Vikings raided and traded. You find Roman coins in Japan as well.
Sweden… Sweden never changes.
Sven can’t hide *all* the evidence of indigenous Swedish culture
a picture with text in it on the internet? i see absolutely no reason to doubt this 100% credible source
A Viking carving was made in Pyraeus port, in Athens as well
Like duh, it was Antonio Banderas
https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/filmguide/images/8/85/13thwarrior.gif/revision/latest?cb=20070306194454
In like the 10 century england produced and gifted the pope thousands of coins with the engraving of Allah is big, Mohammed is his only messenger (etc etc). This was not because they were Muslims but the caliphate back then was the biggest power in the world and as such they decided to copy the style of their coins. Only small problem is they didn’t speak Arabic, so what they thought were esthetic engravings were actually messages in Arabic
And there’s Viking runic graffiti scratched into the marble in the Hagia Sofia.
Turns out they got around a bit, those vikings.
The Scandis were part of the Varangian guard, fighting beside the Greeks against the Arabs for centuries. MF even raided Sicily (some things never change).
There is viking graffiti in the Hagia Sofia
Trade and raiding
Hippity hoppity, this is now my property
https://preview.redd.it/kyt58bihdo3f1.jpeg?width=1159&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b184211341bf700d9c8e395308ba41840456f5d4
1200 years ago is roughly the same time as the golden age of Islam. Back then it made sense to go to a far away place by boat to get some stuf like what was needed for the Ulfberth swords.
At some point in time no more Ulfberth swords and the age of decline had begun which makes one wonder if one had something to do with the other.
Don’t tell them ‘Allah’ means ‘God’ in the Arabic language, and doesn’t specify which “God”.
If I remember correctly there is even some markins on Hagia Sofia thst indicate that scandinavians got there
Wasn’t it Antonio Banderas who took it?
They probably got it from Pedro
[No, for real, that’s not a joke](https://youtu.be/BwAYkYHmQ5k?si=InSD_yzZ1Jg8TKPX)
Vikings glaze always annoyed me a bit. Bunch of supposedly hard men raiding fishing villages lol
oh, no, you don’t say that you could find valuable items (taken as payment or just side trade) along a major slave trade route?
did they find meatballs, too?
Foreshadowing the Emirate of Sweden.
International trade was how, it isn’t rocket science.
In Oslo’s Historic Museum they have a Byzantine treasure with Greek and Persian coins from the Viking Era. The guys were seafarers after all, travelling all across Northern Europe and the Mediterranean both raiding and trading.
Drop shipping off of temu bro
Why is this egg of a human even succesful? All she does is post a shitty videoselfie and then puts some text over it.
I wonder if these guys had some kind of vessels that would let them travel on water
New casus belli dropped for the muslim world
See ibn Fadlan
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